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Title: The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard’s &quotMetamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects&quot and a compilation from the performs of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and other folks
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891 Blanchard, Emile, 1819-1900. Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects Conger, Paul S., former owner. DSI Abbott, Charles C., former owner. DSI
Subjects: Insects Insects Myriapoda Arachnida Crustacea
Publisher: Philadelphia : Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger
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shining spots upon them.The pupae are located enclosed in the stems in which the larvaehave lived. One more loved ones, that of the Xylinidce, has some quite beautifulcaterpillars certainly, Mr. Stainton says that no figure can giveany notion of the beauty of the living caterpillar of Catocalaexolita, and that when he saw it he nearly screamed with delight.They are really lengthy, cylindrical, and attenuated at every single end their colour is a bright green, and the spiracles are connectedwith pale yellow lines, intersected by a slender scarlet streak.There are also white spots upon them, edged with black, andthose of the back are joined with each other by black patches. Thepupae bury themselves at a considerable depth in the ground.One particular kind has its chrysalis enclosed in a cocoon, which is verypapery, and placed on the surface of the ground. The genus Cuciillia has some extremely pretty moths and cater-pillars. The moths have long pointed wings, long bodies, anda sort of hood to their thorax, and are named Sharks. The

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THE MOTHS AND CATERPII.I.ARS OV Cltcullia -cCvbasci. THE XOCTUINA. Ijl caterpillars are exceptional for the ease with which they perhaps picked off the flowers and leaves on which they feed. TheFrench get in touch with them Capuchins, on account of the peculiar hood-shaped projection. The caterpillars come out in the course of the eveningfrom amongst the leaves and flowers of the mullein and otherscrophularious plants, exactly where they have been hidden for the duration of theday. They are simply identified, for they are of a greenish whitecolour, with a rather broad vibrant yellow transverse band on eachsegment, reaching from spiracle to spiracle the ordinary spots,which are black and very massive, are in this band, and a black spotfollows each spiracle, two other people getting beneath it. The face of thelarva is yellowish and spotted with blue. They are of all sizes and as they grow big they seek the foot of the plant, and makea cocoon underground with some grains of sand and pieces ofearth and silk. The moths frequently fly about the plants w

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Title: The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea) : becoming an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard’s &quotMetamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects&quot and a compilation from the performs of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence Bate, Fritz Müller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and other folks
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891 Blanchard, Emile, 1819-1900. Metamorphoses, moeurs et instincts des insects Conger, Paul S., former owner. DSI Abbott, Charles C., former owner. DSI
Subjects: Insects Insects Myriapoda Arachnida Crustacea
Publisher: Philadelphia : Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger
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e skins of the animals upon which theylive, and its bite produces considerably discomfort. The species are scatteredall more than the globe, but are much far more several in warm thanin cold nations, only a couple of getting identified in Europe. The largestand finest are natives of India and America. The commonspecies, nonetheless, is the European Rcduvins pcrsoiiatus. It isgenerally discovered inside homes living amongst the dust and fluff.It is then in the condition of a larva or nymph, and it hidesitself by covering its body with those evidences of uncleanlyhabits. When it becomes an adult it obtains its wings and THE REDU17US PERSONATUS. 375 flies about the fields, returning, even so, to homes in order tolay its eggs. A larva might be seen in the engraving on the ground, close tothe basket on the proper hand side the excellent insect is enteringthe property, and quickly beneath it, on the ground, is a nymph. The Hydromciridce are aquatic RcduviincB. They are insectswhich are commonly observable for the duration of the summer time upon the

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THE METAMOKIHOSES OF RcdllvillS peiSOIiatuS. surface of operating or standing waters. Some have extended narrowlegs, with which they appear to be taking the measure of the topof the water. They arc referred to as Hydrotnctra stagnornvi. Thespecies of the genus Gerris, which are really many, are also verycommon, and some other people belonging to the genus Halobates havebeen identified walking over the waves of the tropical seas as easilyas the first twirl and twist about on our ponds. In order to enablea Gerris to live on the surface of stagnant water, and to skim upon 3/six TRANSFORMATIONS OF TNSFCTS. it with wonderful velocity, Nature has provided it a body somewhat likethat of a wherry in shape. The long middle feet, which are coveredwith a fine close down like the rest of the physique, glide on the water,and even remain motionless without becoming wet. Their foodconsists of other insects, and they are capable in the adult stageto fly from pond to pond. It is extremely exceptional that the larvaeof a lot of species which differ o

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