. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. The Life'History of the Lime Hawk>Moth 177 surface as perfect as though it had not met with so much as a grain of sand to impede its progress. Small wonder that after such a resurrec- tion the hawk-moth appears greatly excited, walking or running over the rough ground until it reaches some elevated projection such as a tree-trunk, or anything up which it can climb sufficiently high to permit of the full development of its wings, which it has the power of retarding up to a certain point, generally long enough for the dis-
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. The Life'History of the Lime Hawk>Moth 177 surface as perfect as though it had not met with so much as a grain of sand to impede its progress. Small wonder that after such a resurrec- tion the hawk-moth appears greatly excited, walking or running over the rough ground until it reaches some elevated projection such as a tree-trunk, or anything up which it can climb sufficiently high to permit of the full development of its wings, which it has the power of retarding up to a certain point, generally long enough for the dis- covery of a convenient " pitch" away from the sharp eyes of the sparrows. The most beautiful of the genus is without doubt the Lime Hawk, the upper wings of all shades of olive-green making it one of the most difficult animals to depict in its proper colours. The larva of this beautiful moth is not common about London; and for anyone to attempt to gaze up into the branches of a tree in search of the creature is to court notice from every passer-by, as well as to be pestered with the most ridiculous questions. The entomologist knows the value of the adage, "It is the early riser who catches the ; With the exception that all the markings are more or less of a blue-green colour, the larva of this beautiful moth is identical in form with the Poplar and Eyed Hawk. On emergence the moth is most active, dragging its long body over the ground and up some convenient stem, where it soon fixes its hold, moving from side to side to make sure it is a firm one. A quantity of fluid is first ejected, the body drawn up and curved as in Fig. 5; the head and antennae are shaken out, the latter pressed to the side, with the points turned up. Now those minute wings, which look as though they had been—as they have—in a compressor, begin to swell out at the base, at the same time gradually rising, the outer margins falling over in the loose, flapping, sail-like manner (Fi
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