. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. I'UOTix'Tivr-: dkvicks in basilaiuhia. 265 is of ii (lark green or grccnisli brown color varied witli eroani color, and smooth as if varnished. This makes it a|)[)car like a hangin<f himi) of bird dung, and so again must often prevent its being i)icked off and devoured by some hungry bird. Wlien one that has at last esca[)cd all the perils of its youth finally reaches its full devclo|)ment, it is even more conspicuous and expo-icuous
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. I'UOTix'Tivr-: dkvicks in basilaiuhia. 265 is of ii (lark green or grccnisli brown color varied witli eroani color, and smooth as if varnished. This makes it a|)[)car like a hangin<f himi) of bird dung, and so again must often prevent its being i)icked off and devoured by some hungry bird. Wlien one that has at last esca[)cd all the perils of its youth finally reaches its full devclo|)ment, it is even more conspicuous and expo-icuous and striking objects. Tlicy arc, too, of a pretty large size, and as they Hy mostly in the ncighl)orh()o(l of co[)ses or along shaded roadsides or forest roads, they seem to render themsclvc.'; by the contrasting back-ground as c(Uis[iicuous as [)ossible Another class is of an orange brown color of greater or less dc[)th, while the veins arc black, and a black stripe, sometimes accom|)anicd by wiiite dots, crosses the wings. I'hcse tly in more open places, more fully ex[)oscd to the sun and arc scarcely less cons]»icuous than tiieir fellows. All tiiese l)UtterHies livi' a consider- able time, and indeed the eggs do not mature in the bodies of the females until they have lieen a fortnight on the wing ; and then they d(j not lay all their eggs at once, or even witiiin a i't^w days, liut prolong the operation over many days or even several weeks. To de|)osit all her eggs therefore, which is the province of 'sc of the female, she nmst Hy amid all the dangers her consj)icuous colors offer for about a month, a considerably longer time than the average of butterflies. Previous to egg-laying at least, much of her time is spent u[)on the ground in company with her fellows, often in great flocks, engi'osscd in sucking up moisture from the damp earth, from decaying fruits or the droppings of beasts ; and so nuist become a conspicuous and easy prey to her enemies. What then is to beco
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