. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. Those Horrid Earwigs 131 enable the insect to shut up the wiii^ with perfect accuracy. No. 4 and the subsequent illustrations show us the various stages in the very complicated closing process ; and Mr. Enock has so drawn them for me as to let us follow in detail every step in this won- derful piece ol insect jugglery. Cinquevalli him- self does nothing more admirable. To see an ear- wig close her wings is a study in the perfection of Nature's me- chanism. In No. 4 itself, which is the first of the series, the rib or stif
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. Those Horrid Earwigs 131 enable the insect to shut up the wiii^ with perfect accuracy. No. 4 and the subsequent illustrations show us the various stages in the very complicated closing process ; and Mr. Enock has so drawn them for me as to let us follow in detail every step in this won- derful piece ol insect jugglery. Cinquevalli him- self does nothing more admirable. To see an ear- wig close her wings is a study in the perfection of Nature's me- chanism. In No. 4 itself, which is the first of the series, the rib or stiffener is just slightly de pressed, so as to make the tip of the wing drop a little. In No. 5, the stififener bends at the joint in the middle, and thus makes the edge of the win^ curl inward like a fan, the pleats folding neatly with the utmost precision. With the stage illustrated in No. 6, the wing begins to flap ; and in No. 7, the first part of it disappears round the corner, while. NO. 6.—A STAGE Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. Toronto : W. Briggs
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