. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. CHAPTER VII. THE SACRED BEETLE: THE NYMPH; THE RELEASE THE larva increases in bulk as it eats the walls of its house from the inside. Little by little, the belly oi the pear is scooped out into a cell whose capacity grows in proportion to the growth of its inhabitant. Ensconced in its hermitage, suppl^nl with board and lodging, the recluse waxes big and fat. What more is wanted? Certain hygienic duti».s have to be attended to, though it is no easy matter in a cramped little niche nearly all the room in which is occupied by the
. The sacred beetle, and others [microform]. Beetles; Coléoptères. CHAPTER VII. THE SACRED BEETLE: THE NYMPH; THE RELEASE THE larva increases in bulk as it eats the walls of its house from the inside. Little by little, the belly oi the pear is scooped out into a cell whose capacity grows in proportion to the growth of its inhabitant. Ensconced in its hermitage, suppl^nl with board and lodging, the recluse waxes big and fat. What more is wanted? Certain hygienic duti».s have to be attended to, though it is no easy matter in a cramped little niche nearly all the room in which is occupied by the grub; the mortar incessantly elaborated by an excessively obliging in- testine must be shot somewhere when there is no breach that needs repairing. The larva is certainly not fastidious, but even so the bill of fare must not be too out- rageous. The humblest of the humble does not return to what he or his kin have already digested. Matter from which the intestinal alembic has extracted the last available atom yields nothing more, unless we change both 138. 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 Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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