. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Hover-Flics* .;-7. '* «'"'"â '' ,*'"'â ; urowiiiK Winn* part of Hhich exhibits several strDnj; :iik1 another part is finely grooved. The finer ridges of the grooved portion are nibbed by the inner face of the thif,'li niovinj; over them, and thi> strong folds are stniek by ix'g-like warts near the base of the same limb. It is \er\- pro- ' * bable that it was a grass- ''*'" > hoppiT of this type, but , ^ ,^ with wings, which was M^ZiaS't.:, .â "counter
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Hover-Flics* .;-7. '* «'"'"â '' ,*'"'â ; urowiiiK Winn* part of Hhich exhibits several strDnj; :iik1 another part is finely grooved. The finer ridges of the grooved portion are nibbed by the inner face of the thif,'li niovinj; over them, and thi> strong folds are stniek by ix'g-like warts near the base of the same limb. It is \er\- pro- ' * bable that it was a grass- ''*'" > hoppiT of this type, but , ^ ,^ with wings, which was M^ZiaS't.:, .â "countered in Africa b>- Mr. (;regor>-. In his book, The Great Rift Vallcv he savs .strolling one evening out of the camp at Kurawa I was sH Iedl^ '., V â no,se like that of a snake coming from a clump^f^;:; A^ " d /kn ^iT As this did not drive out the supposed snake, I cautiously approached m-ering into h .-lump. could just detect a small green head among the stalks' and behind this , whenever the noise was repeated, an expansion like'th h d "ff a cob,a. I tned to kill the animal by a few sharp blows with mv t ck bel inc 11 'rv^T^ihoii^r'^''" "'"â ⢠""^ '"""^'""'''-' been ^s.::^ which, by puffing out its wings, assumed a resem- blance to the shape of the head of a hooded snake ; while its noise was a good imitation of the dull jerky hiss of some species of ; Hover-Flies. Among the Insects that are entitled to the direct encouragement (nut mere toleration) of tlie gardener are the yellow-banded little flies that hang in air, sustained in one place by move- " ; ' Spotted o«.ssâor,.E» '"â '""'â "â TlcntS of the VVintrs so j''"''*''"','^'""P'''°I*'"''*"'^""ative heath gra^hr, !i h vrrvvariahi, .â u i rapid that the fo4 of :fsESl3^"'-'"â¢'^-=",^=l£i. Please note that these images are ext
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