. In nature's workshop [microform]. Sciences de la vie; Natural history; Life sciences; Sciences naturelles. i88 In Natpre's Workshop h ing to undergo transformation; while </is a brother insect just ready to metamorphose. Whole acres together are often covered and pierced with these strange tubes or shells, as thick as blades of grass in an English meadow. No. 7 shows the next stage in the process of emergence. Here, the active pupa has walked up from the ground, and is just preparing to enter upon a new phase of life as a free winged insect, frequenting the open sunlight. It moves cautiou
. In nature's workshop [microform]. Sciences de la vie; Natural history; Life sciences; Sciences naturelles. i88 In Natpre's Workshop h ing to undergo transformation; while </is a brother insect just ready to metamorphose. Whole acres together are often covered and pierced with these strange tubes or shells, as thick as blades of grass in an English meadow. No. 7 shows the next stage in the process of emergence. Here, the active pupa has walked up from the ground, and is just preparing to enter upon a new phase of life as a free winged insect, frequenting the open sunlight. It moves cautiously and slowly, a little dazzled and stunned, like a man brought up for many years in a mine, and then suddenly turned loose in the crowded and garish streets of some great city. No wonder the creatures feel like so many insect Kaspar Hausers, and move gmgerly about on the branches which support them. The pupa crawls out upon a twig, and finds Its skm has strangely hardened. After a while it pauses, as m No. 8, and feels the hardened shell on'its back gradually breaking. The winged cicada, which has formed itself within the pupa's skin, now begins to worm Its way out with hereditary caution. In No. 9 you see it freeing itself from its «»e a pale and ghost-like creature, as yet very timid and. :sr NO. 7.—THE PUPA COMES 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. Toronto : W. Briggs
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