Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . e the grub of one of the two-winged flies. It is true that she has attained to sexual ripeness, and mating is effected without her leaving her house. There she lays her eggs in a mass, often in the empty chrysalis skin. It has been said that the newly-hatched cater-pillars make their first meal off their mothers body—such as there is ©f it—but this requires verifica- J.: jr „ 1 A f 4-1, ? The caterpillar constructs a tube of silk to which are attached bits of grass lion. 11 meV aie aepilVea OI tnen and leaves
Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . e the grub of one of the two-winged flies. It is true that she has attained to sexual ripeness, and mating is effected without her leaving her house. There she lays her eggs in a mass, often in the empty chrysalis skin. It has been said that the newly-hatched cater-pillars make their first meal off their mothers body—such as there is ©f it—but this requires verifica- J.: jr „ 1 A f 4-1, ? The caterpillar constructs a tube of silk to which are attached bits of grass lion. 11 meV aie aepilVea OI tnen and leaves, the whole resembling some of the caddis cases. In this the ^acoc -f-Vio^r -vxnll nr\r\ f - ^f +V> caterpillar lives protected, for it only protrudes the front end of its body in CdSCS, incy Wni COnSirUCl anOtner order to drag the case to a new feeding ground, where it is temporarily naoored ;^ +U^ ,N^,,,.-^ ^f ^ C 1 by a few silk threads. The moth shown is the male • the female is wingless, in the COUlse of a tew days. and does not leave the -vVtgS-^
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