. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. THE WAL >fUT SPHINX yellow dots, and with this dai ••ning the insectii became quite like the under side of the walnu leaves. Is it protective colora- tion by means of which the slt*w-growing larv« keep in tone with their withering food plants? The Juglandis is said to eat i ot only walnut but butternut and hop-hornbeam and, as I discovered, hickory leaves. A day came when none of these ^ere at hand, so I substituted elm, and it was eaten
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. THE WAL >fUT SPHINX yellow dots, and with this dai ••ning the insectii became quite like the under side of the walnu leaves. Is it protective colora- tion by means of which the slt*w-growing larv« keep in tone with their withering food plants? The Juglandis is said to eat i ot only walnut but butternut and hop-hornbeam and, as I discovered, hickory leaves. A day came when none of these ^ere at hand, so I substituted elm, and it was eaten without the slightest hesiUncy. Then I no- ticed that the foliage ^ t other food trees, Ii color. By August fifte^ and one-half inches m feeding, grew dull m crept down into the * On August ninetr-^^th not yet turned, andk they r» eitb ^ elm, lik^ that of the 4 much f its green * cate»ey ceased ae, an^ two days later th pr* HhJcd for tfnem. t ?• '-«terpillar» had mv iiivesti-. Pupa ahowiiiK «pine8 on cer- tain f egineota gation of their quarters. H » m the twenty- second they had dis^ppeami, and in their places were two pupae, tme nch ana a third in length, the otl son»<ew^ « larger. The sur* ^ce of di pupee was rough to the t«ii 9 owing in part to the ^?' spines that edged certain segments, while a feat#^ peculiar to them was the flat- tening beneath of the anal segments. The pupae were packed in moss, placed in a cool room, and occasionally sprinkled during the winter. Had I not wished to see and photograph a Juglandis in this period of its life I 87. 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 Robertson-Miller, Ellen, 1859-1937. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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