. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. 50 Marvels of Insect Life. SNAiL-LiKt Case dk Cu. i,'i;i^'i psvclu'.' Tlir in;ili' ninth !â¢Â« .i (U-Iuatr litllf iiw» I witli n hilt ^^hb^^P ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ with thi' (iut> would be indispo-icd to acfi'pt hiT for a moth : she is miirh nicjrf hki- a chrvsaHs with thr ht-ad and , ,ââ,, â,. ,,ik li'K^ Irci'. She ha> tht' mtTt^it htlK- 'n!.V.'!ln 'j'.!''mi"ill m Ui!' ^i'Milium ii!..V'«rr''V'Mv'1 "tr'.i'i'i stumps h)r anti'nnjf. but no win^- and ..... th,-i,.ii,..t,..
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. 50 Marvels of Insect Life. SNAiL-LiKt Case dk Cu. i,'i;i^'i psvclu'.' Tlir in;ili' ninth !â¢Â« .i (U-Iuatr litllf iiw» I witli n hilt ^^hb^^P ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ with thi' (iut> would be indispo-icd to acfi'pt hiT for a moth : she is miirh nicjrf hki- a chrvsaHs with thr ht-ad and , ,ââ,, â,. ,,ik li'K^ Irci'. She ha> tht' mtTt^it htlK- 'n!.V.'!ln 'j'.!''mi"ill m Ui!' ^i'Milium ii!..V'«rr''V'Mv'1 "tr'.i'i'i stumps h)r anti'nnjf. but no win^- and ..... th,-i,.ii,..t,.. ' p,, mouth. In thf sprinji and rarl\' sumim-r the ratcrpillars may hi' st'cn draj^i/in^' thrir portabk' houMS over tht- hcrhaK*' Thisc dw spt-i ifs m-arly an inch \on^. and ^â¢om|lo^tâ d of a silken tube to wliich arc attai tu'd pictcs of i^jras--, vtc., ovcrlappinj^' after the manner of thatili on a roof. The caterpillar clinics to the lininj,' by its hinder parts, ami only put-- out its head and lej^s for the purpose of moving to fresh foml and ronsuminK it. When it tlesires to bi (piiet. it spins a few threads, whicli moor the front of the house to whatever it is on, Tlie one easeâenlar^jed from time to time -serves for their full life as caterpillar and chrysalis, and for the female to the end of life. She is an e.\ample of rever- sion to a simpler condition after she has attained to her tinal stapo of development, for, as already stated, she has neither winps nor mouth. In some species the females have no le/^s ; in others the head is -â¢o reduced that the creature looks lore like the tirub of one of the twowinf^cd flies. It is true that she has attained to sexual ripeness, and matinfj is effected without her leaxinj:; her house. There she lays her eg^s in a mass, often in the empty chrysalis skin. It has been said that the newlv-hatched cater- pillars make thi-ir first meal off their mother's biKly - such as there is of it^but this requires ve
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