. The biology of insects. Insects -- Biology. ADAPTATIONS TO HAUNTS AND SEASONS 291 often, and only regains a little strength after resting for several minutes. Then she wanders at random, and ends by falling into the water, and floating on the surface, waits for death, which is never long ; He noticed that her feet often became caught in the gelatinous substance of her egg-tube ; then she fails to disengage herself and dies. Fig. 73.—Submarine Midge (Pontomyia natans), Samoa, a, male (dorsal view); b, female (side view), X 20. After F. W. Edwards (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1926). resting
. The biology of insects. Insects -- Biology. ADAPTATIONS TO HAUNTS AND SEASONS 291 often, and only regains a little strength after resting for several minutes. Then she wanders at random, and ends by falling into the water, and floating on the surface, waits for death, which is never long ; He noticed that her feet often became caught in the gelatinous substance of her egg-tube ; then she fails to disengage herself and dies. Fig. 73.—Submarine Midge (Pontomyia natans), Samoa, a, male (dorsal view); b, female (side view), X 20. After F. W. Edwards (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1926). resting on her eggs. The reduction of the jaws in these midges, so that they are incapable of feeding, prepares us to expect that they do not long survive the functions of pairing and egg-laying ; the week of low spring tides during which they are active, is enough for the perpetuation of the race. The eggs are hatched a week after laying, and the beautiful little green larvae feed on the Cladophora that. 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 Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert), 1865-1939. New York, The Macmillan Company
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