. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. LEPIDOPTEES: BUTTEaFLIES. 139 a little tube, from which the caterpillar spins silken threads. Two long slender bags within the body, ending in the spinning tube, contain the material from which the silk is made; this is a sticky fluid, which CD a. â -1. /lardens into a thread as soon as it comes to the air. Some caterpillars spin but little silk, others produce it in abundance. Caterpillars change their skins about four times in comi
. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. LEPIDOPTEES: BUTTEaFLIES. 139 a little tube, from which the caterpillar spins silken threads. Two long slender bags within the body, ending in the spinning tube, contain the material from which the silk is made; this is a sticky fluid, which CD a. â -1. /lardens into a thread as soon as it comes to the air. Some caterpillars spin but little silk, others produce it in abundance. Caterpillars change their skins about four times in coming to their full growth as caterpil-. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy (Gove) 1836-. New York, Scribner, Armstrong
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