. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. THE LARVA 33 resting place on the slightest sign of danger, and, when the alarm is over and all is quiet again, they ascend the food plant and resiime their position. Some caterpihars not only rest, bnt even feed mider cover, quite secure from most, if not all, of tiieir enemies. Several of them feed on roots, and many a farmer can relate sad experiences of the havoc committed by these caterpillars on his turnips and other crops. Then there are those which feed on flowers and buds, completely burying themselves in the de
. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. THE LARVA 33 resting place on the slightest sign of danger, and, when the alarm is over and all is quiet again, they ascend the food plant and resiime their position. Some caterpihars not only rest, bnt even feed mider cover, quite secure from most, if not all, of tiieir enemies. Several of them feed on roots, and many a farmer can relate sad experiences of the havoc committed by these caterpillars on his turnips and other crops. Then there are those which feed on flowers and buds, completely burying themselves in the dense mass of FiCr. 27.—The Homes of Leaf Mixers and Leaf Eollees. We must conclude this brief account of resting and hiding places and attitudes of caterpillars by a few observations on the leaf miners and leaf rollers. The former are very small caterpillars —the larvas of certain small moths—that eat burrows into leaves without doing any con- siderable injury to the outer epidermis, and thus prepare a safe resting place within the substance of their food. The latter, also mostly of small size, make themselves secure by curling a leaf or a portion of a leaf into a cylinder, and holding it in position by means of a number of silken threads. If you examine a leaf thus curled you will soon be convinced. 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 Furneaux, William S. London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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