. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects. Insects; Insects; Myriapoda; Arachnida; Crustacea. 288 TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. hills and manure-heaps ; whilst a few are found upon dead bodies. Mushrooms of all kinds are the favourite diet of a number of species, and rotten wood and all sorts of vegetable and animal remains are enjoyed by a great number of them. The Staphylinidcey with their plain legs and antennae, are. THE METAMORPHOSIS OF Stapkylmtis olens. evidently more simply organised than the SilphidcE and the Sca- rabmdc^; but their larvae are born much more fully developed th
. The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects. Insects; Insects; Myriapoda; Arachnida; Crustacea. 288 TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. hills and manure-heaps ; whilst a few are found upon dead bodies. Mushrooms of all kinds are the favourite diet of a number of species, and rotten wood and all sorts of vegetable and animal remains are enjoyed by a great number of them. The Staphylinidcey with their plain legs and antennae, are. THE METAMORPHOSIS OF Stapkylmtis olens. evidently more simply organised than the SilphidcE and the Sca- rabmdc^; but their larvae are born much more fully developed than are those of this last family. The larvae of the Staphylinidce are partly covered with a hard integument, and are very active, and recall the adult forms, not only by their shapes but by their peculiar attitudes. The largest of the Staphylinidce have very. 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 Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Blanchard, Émile, 1819-1900. Metamorphoses . .. des insects. London and New York, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
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