. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. "RAG CARPET" WORMS Then in this "swing," it setUed down to Mait for its transfor- mation. But every one of its companions seemed to take a fiendish dehght in annoying it. and being at the time veiy ignorant of .nsects I wondered if such behavior was intentional, accidental. or mcidental to the quest for food, for as they crawled over and under each other the large caterpillars would snap at the little ones, which in turn
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. "RAG CARPET" WORMS Then in this "swing," it setUed down to Mait for its transfor- mation. But every one of its companions seemed to take a fiendish dehght in annoying it. and being at the time veiy ignorant of .nsects I wondered if such behavior was intentional, accidental. or mcidental to the quest for food, for as they crawled over and under each other the large caterpillars would snap at the little ones, which in turn would shoot out their wee scent organs and wave them in the most impudent" touch- me-if-you-dare " manner. The war was still being waged when I went in to sup- per, and as soon as the meal was fin- ished, I hastened to Maggie's garden for parsley. It was dark when I returned. In the morning I found that in putting the fresh leaves into the jar I had loosened the suspended caterpillar, and as a consequence it had failed to pro- duce a chrysalis. My clumsy fingers in a second's time had ruined the patient work of hours. I ^r U I /Tu'^ '"'"'* ^'**^ '^S^* ^^^-^ t« *Ws day. Its trouble had all been in ; Other chrysalides appeared in rapid succession, however, each supported .n the silken loop which the larva had spun before ,t discarded its last skin; and I found that some chL- ahdes were of a pea^green color daubed with chrome yellow and others were in shades of soft brown, while a few of the green ones became brown after a time. The pupa state averaged ten days. When the butterflies emerged they had black velvety wings crossed by two ^ws 207. Photoaraph &y Sitnln- Chrysalis (slightly en- larged so as to show attachment). 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 Roberts
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