. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. CHAPTER XIX ODD INSECT HOMES AND THEIR INMATES The Bag-Worms, Thyridopleryx ephemerceformis "Every traveller is a self-taught ;. O .N the twenty-ninth of April I found the Bag- worm houses, hundreds of them, attached to the twigs of smoke-blackened locust trees, a number of which were already dead, partly because of these Bag-worm visitors, and partly because the lungs of the trees had become choked by soot from the g
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. CHAPTER XIX ODD INSECT HOMES AND THEIR INMATES The Bag-Worms, Thyridopleryx ephemerceformis "Every traveller is a self-taught ;. O .N the twenty-ninth of April I found the Bag- worm houses, hundreds of them, attached to the twigs of smoke-blackened locust trees, a number of which were already dead, partly because of these Bag-worm visitors, and partly because the lungs of the trees had become choked by soot from the great furnaces in the neighborhood. The smoke from these furnace chimneys had darkened the entire face of nature, while the shacks and small, ugly homes of workmen seemed only to accentuate the desolateness of the scene. For a brief moment I wondered why one of God's creatures not bound to the location by the necessity of toil, but free to choose the fairest of earth's places for its home, should select this spot. Then I understood. Probably years ago, before the furnaces came, a mother Bag-worm while she was still a caterpillar chanced to hang her queer little dwelling upon one of these locust trees, and later completed her strange meta- morphosis within its silken walls. Here, too, her winged mate came courting, and here she laid her eggs, and then, her work 119. 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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