. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. Pup* dlightly mUirged) BUTTERFLY AND MOTH IMK)K a small plate. On the morning of the twenty- seventh no cateq)illars were in sight. I did not believe, however, that they burrowed into the earth, but in order to be certain, I emptied the pot. The crawlers were V ^ gone. I searched the room until I found one crushed under a rocker and the othei* yards away, alive but injured. Foolish Eremiti to go journeying into unknown regions. This experie
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. Pup* dlightly mUirged) BUTTERFLY AND MOTH IMK)K a small plate. On the morning of the twenty- seventh no cateq)illars were in sight. I did not believe, however, that they burrowed into the earth, but in order to be certain, I emptied the pot. The crawlers were V ^ gone. I searched the room until I found one crushed under a rocker and the othei* yards away, alive but injured. Foolish Eremiti to go journeying into unknown regions. This experience taught me, however, that these caterpillars have unusual strength, for singly or to- gether the specimens had lifted the plate suflSciently lO pass out between its edge and the side of the crock. I am certain of this, for I know that the crock re- mained untouched from the time I covered it until I examined it two days later. A third larva went into the ground on August thir- tieth and another on the thirty-first, although nei- ther had reached the size of those that were 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 Robertson-Miller, Ellen, 1859-1937. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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