. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. Fl«. 9.â«'i<Mdii i" t'lirriiw of Sph«iu«, with full grown Ui\ 1 â â¢! <i<M" «'<-P '«"K WWP* Thcililiiie. white, elon- gate I'XK "⢠'^"' IS umk r the iniJille Icr oltlic ( .^. .hkI when it 'N tiif sticks out its he III .inJ bfjiuis at once I Jraw nourish- ment from between the


. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. Fl«. 9.â«'i<Mdii i" t'lirriiw of Sph«iu«, with full grown Ui\ 1 â â¢! <i<M" «'<-P '«"K WWP* Thcililiiie. white, elon- gate I'XK "⢠'^"' IS umk r the iniJille Icr oltlic ( .^. .hkI when it 'N tiif sticks out its he III .inJ bfjiuis at once I Jraw nourish- ment from between the segments of its victim. The e>;^' hatches in two or three days and the larva attains full growth in a weeK. or a little more, it feeds entirely from the outside and when full grown spins awhitesilken cocoon which is finished at the expiration of two days. The word silken is somewhat mis- leading, since it is mixed with much earth. When it is finished, about a dozen curious, porelike openings are seen in the side if the cocoon, the function of. ^â¢i^J 10.â 1 jrva of digiiirr »a>i> »i)inning its cocoon. ( from /iisa I Liji. J â â \ \. 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 Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs


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