. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. /'*trfn Av; An«mâ(; ilii' foiv-lx (iHOL-sE Locust. -Iii^kl, lormally turirw covri^ is really an oiitRrowth tnmi 'â nimiit a hard shield that r^tends iiriK covers. The purpiMe nl thi^ r I" what i* foiinci in the Mem- is. iia* II. t hi^M satiMactorilv espbinett â ttial lenKih <â ! the body is abont hali an inel'' .U9 unbelieving fjiirdencr :i demonstration of its prartiiiil assistance, whiiii may go a good way towards i-onvini-inR him. The soft. masK0t-Iil' ''^^*'=^ "â¢
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. /'*trfn Av; An«mâ(; ilii' foiv-lx (iHOL-sE Locust. -Iii^kl, lormally turirw covri^ is really an oiitRrowth tnmi 'â nimiit a hard shield that r^tends iiriK covers. The purpiMe nl thi^ r I" what i* foiinci in the Mem- is. iia* II. t hi^M satiMactorilv espbinett â ttial lenKih <â ! the body is abont hali an inel'' .U9 unbelieving fjiirdencr :i demonstration of its prartiiiil assistance, whiiii may go a good way towards i-onvini-inR him. The soft. masK0t-Iil' ''^^*'=^ "⢠^'" ''"'"^^â - <'«â '< !"â K«t within leach than his body is stretched to the full extent, and the green-fly is delicately impaled, then held triumphantly in the air as high as the grub can elevate it. It is rather like a drinker tilting back his head in order that the contents of a bottle may run out and down his throat by simple gra\itation. Possibly the grub is helped in the same way, for in about a minute the green-fly leather- bottle has been emptied of its fluid contents, and the useless envelope is dropped. The green-fly lives by siution of thâ iiie hover-fly has only to tap .tr'fftsyKy?,'',i:rj\vsLn«'iaz;dr:rh"ir"'â¢^ the green-fly, and secures in SiS-'/tKrii-nid'Si'.'"-'""""'"'^^^^^^^^^. 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 Step, Edward, 1855-1931. Toronto : W. Briggs
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