. The life of the caterpillar [microform]. Caterpillars; Chenilles. ^ M The Processionary; the Moth earth. With him it is not the industry of the Bembex,^ who inserts grains of sand in her silky web and makes a soh'd casket of the whole; it is a summary sort of art, devoid of delicacy, which just casually sticks to- gether the surrounding earthy refuse Moreover, if circumstances demand it, the i;me Caterpillar can do without earth. In the very midst of the nest [ have sometimes --very rarely, it is trueâdiscovered cocoons vvhich were perfectly clean. Not a scrap of alien matter defiled their f
. The life of the caterpillar [microform]. Caterpillars; Chenilles. ^ M The Processionary; the Moth earth. With him it is not the industry of the Bembex,^ who inserts grains of sand in her silky web and makes a soh'd casket of the whole; it is a summary sort of art, devoid of delicacy, which just casually sticks to- gether the surrounding earthy refuse Moreover, if circumstances demand it, the i;me Caterpillar can do without earth. In the very midst of the nest [ have sometimes --very rarely, it is trueâdiscovered cocoons vvhich were perfectly clean. Not a scrap of alien matter defiled their fine white silk I have obtained similar specimens by placing caterpillars under a bell-glass in a pan pro vided only with a few pine-twigs. Better still: an entire procession, a good-sized one too gathered at the opportune moment and 'â nclosed in a large box containing no sand nor any material whatever, spun its cocoons with no other support than the bare walls The^e exceptions, provoked by circumstances in which the caterpillar is not free to act ac- cording to his wont, does not in any way in- validate the rule. To prepare for the trans- formation, the l^rocessionary buries himself, "5 'h ;< r I. 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 Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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