. The bee-keepers' guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 64 The Pupa-Stage. joyous honey-moon—soon to come. At this time the insect may look like a seed, as in the coarctate pupa of diptera, so familiar in the "flax-seed" state of the Hessian-fly, or in the pupa of the cheese-maggot, or the meat-fly. This same form, with more or less modification, prevails in butterfly pupa?, called, because of their golden spots, chrysalids, and in the pupae of moths. Other pupae, as in the case of bees (Fig. 15, g) and beetlas, look not unlike the mature insect with its Fig. Development of th
. The bee-keepers' guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 64 The Pupa-Stage. joyous honey-moon—soon to come. At this time the insect may look like a seed, as in the coarctate pupa of diptera, so familiar in the "flax-seed" state of the Hessian-fly, or in the pupa of the cheese-maggot, or the meat-fly. This same form, with more or less modification, prevails in butterfly pupa?, called, because of their golden spots, chrysalids, and in the pupae of moths. Other pupae, as in the case of bees (Fig. 15, g) and beetlas, look not unlike the mature insect with its Fig. Development of the Bee. antennae, legs, and wings closely bound to the body by a thin membrane, hence the name pupa which Linne gave—referring to this condition—as the insect looks as if wrapped in swaddling clothes, the old cruel way of torturing the infant, as if it needed holding together. Aristotle called pupae '' nymphs "— a name now given to this stage in bees—which name was adopted by many entomologists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Inside the pupa skin great changes are in progress, for either by modifying the larval organs or developing parts entirely new, by use of the accumulated material stored by the larva during its prolonged banquet, the wonderful transforma- tion from the sluggish, worm-like larva to the active, bird-like. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842- [from old catalog]. Lansing, Mich. [Columbus, Ohio, Printed by Myers bros. ]
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