. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. m 136 Flashlights o\ Natike that luindreds of such tunnels are rendered tenant- less each day by means of thrushes, starUngs, and other worm eatin;^ birds, which prowl about lawns, j^ardens, and meadows, picking out the earth- worms as fast as they show their noses above the level of the soil ; while hundreds more are made desolate by moles and cen- tipedes. There is thus never any lack of empty burrows which the ear- wig can appro- priate, as the hermit-crab ap- propriates the empty shells of whelks and peri- winkles. In
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. m 136 Flashlights o\ Natike that luindreds of such tunnels are rendered tenant- less each day by means of thrushes, starUngs, and other worm eatin;^ birds, which prowl about lawns, j^ardens, and meadows, picking out the earth- worms as fast as they show their noses above the level of the soil ; while hundreds more are made desolate by moles and cen- tipedes. There is thus never any lack of empty burrows which the ear- wig can appro- priate, as the hermit-crab ap- propriates the empty shells of whelks and peri- winkles. In No. 17 we see the mother earwig safely installed in a nice under- ground nest, and sitting like a hen on the eggs she has de- posited within it. You can dig up such nests and eggs in any garden in January and February. Mr. Enock tells me he sometimes finds them at a depth of six inches. The average number of eggs in a brood runs from fifty to sixty. The. NO. II.—THE WINGS THKMSRLVES CAN GO NO further; so—. 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. New York : Doubleday & McClure
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