Moths of the Limberlost . and preserve. Placedin a box and forced by nature to deposit her eggs, as arule, she will remain in one spot and heap them up untilshe is forced to move to make room for more. One bigfemale Regahs of the last chapter of this book placedthem a thimbleful at a time; but the httle caterpillarscame rolKng out in all directions when due. In myexperience, they finish in four or five nights, although Ihave read of moths having hved and placed eggs for ten,some species being said to have deposited over a days is usually the hmit of life for these big nightmoths
Moths of the Limberlost . and preserve. Placedin a box and forced by nature to deposit her eggs, as arule, she will remain in one spot and heap them up untilshe is forced to move to make room for more. One bigfemale Regahs of the last chapter of this book placedthem a thimbleful at a time; but the httle caterpillarscame rolKng out in all directions when due. In myexperience, they finish in four or five nights, although Ihave read of moths having hved and placed eggs for ten,some species being said to have deposited over a days is usually the hmit of life for these big nightmoths with me; they merely grow inactive and sluggishuntil the very last, when almost invariably they areseized with a muscular attack, in which they beat them-selves to rags and fringes, as if resisting the overcominglethargy. It is because of this that I have been forcedto resort to the gasoline bottle a few times when I foundit impossible to paint from the living moth; but I do notput one to sleep unless I am compelled. 52. EGGS MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST I never have been able to induce a female to mateafter confinement liad driven her to begin depositingher eggs, not even under the most favourable conditionsI could offer, although others record that they havebeen so fortunate. Repeatedly I have experimentedwith males and females of different species, but with nosuccess. I have not seen a polygamous moth; but haveread of experiences with them. Sometimes the eggs have a smooth surface, again theymay be ridged or like hammered brass or silver. Theshells are very thin and break easily. At one side aplace can be detected where the fertilizing fluid coming caterpillar begins to develop at once andemerges in from six to thirty days, with the exceptionof a few eggs placed in the fall that produce during thefollowing spring. The length of the egg period differswith species and somewhat with the same moths, accord-ing to suitable or unfavourable placing, and climaticconditions. D
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