. Animal forms; a second book of zoology. Zoology. ARTHROPODS. CLASS INSECTS 121 species her body becomes so enormously distended with these that she loses the power of locomotion and requires to be fed. A single queen has been known to lay eggs at the rate of sixty per minute (eighty thousand a day), and. Fig. 73.— Termites or white ants. a. queen ; b, winged male ; c, worker; d, soldier. those destined to royal rank are so nursed that they advance farther in their development than the remaining sterile and wingless forms. 118. The bugs (Hemiptera).—The large and varied group of the bugs (Hem
. Animal forms; a second book of zoology. Zoology. ARTHROPODS. CLASS INSECTS 121 species her body becomes so enormously distended with these that she loses the power of locomotion and requires to be fed. A single queen has been known to lay eggs at the rate of sixty per minute (eighty thousand a day), and. Fig. 73.— Termites or white ants. a. queen ; b, winged male ; c, worker; d, soldier. those destined to royal rank are so nursed that they advance farther in their development than the remaining sterile and wingless forms. 118. The bugs (Hemiptera).—The large and varied group of the bugs (Hemiptera) includes a number of semi-aquatic species, such as the water-boatmen, often seen rowing themselves along in the ponds by means of a pair of oar- shaped legs, in search of other insects. Somewhat similar at first sight are the back-swimmers, with like rowing habits, but unique in swimming back downward. Both of these bugs frequently float at the surface, and when about to undertake a subaquatic journey they may be seen to imprison a bubble of air to take along. Closely related are the giant water-bugs (Fig. 74), which often fly from pond to pond at night. In such flights they are frequently. 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 Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931; Heath, Harold, 1868- [from old catalog] joint author. New York, D. Appleton and company
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