The World of Insects: A Guide to Its WondersJ. Van Voorst, 1856 - 244 páginas |
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... bark or stem , or in some adjoining place of safety . Unlike the genus Coleophora above men- tioned , when a perfect insect of this genus emerges from its cocoon , it leaves the pupa skin projecting half way there- from ; but as the ...
... bark or stem , or in some adjoining place of safety . Unlike the genus Coleophora above men- tioned , when a perfect insect of this genus emerges from its cocoon , it leaves the pupa skin projecting half way there- from ; but as the ...
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... bark , and in the next spring the whole round of operations through which we have watched its parent and itself would be performed with the same unvarying , unerring instinct . The cloudy , misty east wind , in which our farmers and ...
... bark , and in the next spring the whole round of operations through which we have watched its parent and itself would be performed with the same unvarying , unerring instinct . The cloudy , misty east wind , in which our farmers and ...
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... bark ; or frequently he buries himself in the ground . I should re- mark , that the fall of the apple , the exit of the grub , and his wandering to his place of security , usually take place in the night time . In this situation he ...
... bark ; or frequently he buries himself in the ground . I should re- mark , that the fall of the apple , the exit of the grub , and his wandering to his place of security , usually take place in the night time . In this situation he ...
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... bark , bring forth its young , and found a colony ; the white cotton soon appears in large bunches ; branch after branch becomes infected ; the tree grows cankery , pines and dies . How this is effected no one knows , though the plague ...
... bark , bring forth its young , and found a colony ; the white cotton soon appears in large bunches ; branch after branch becomes infected ; the tree grows cankery , pines and dies . How this is effected no one knows , though the plague ...
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... bark of the living stem . " I think it probable that , as in the story of the chameleon , both observers may be right , for it may be the normal habit of the larvæ to feed on leaves and then to retire under the bark to make their ...
... bark of the living stem . " I think it probable that , as in the story of the chameleon , both observers may be right , for it may be the normal habit of the larvæ to feed on leaves and then to retire under the bark to make their ...
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abundant Acilius sulcatus Andrena animal antennæ ants Aphides appear apple attached attractive autumn bark beautiful become bees beetles bird brood burrows bushes butterflies captured caterpillars cells Claviger cocoon Coleophora Coleoptera collector colour common creatures cultivation Diptera Dyschirius earth eggs elytra Entomological entomologist eyes favourite female field flies flowers frequently galls garden Gelechia genera genus Geodephaga Geometrina Gracilaria grass ground grow grub habits heath hedges hole Hymenoptera inch inhabitants insect-life July June larva larvæ larvæ feed latter leaf leaves legs Lepidoptera light Lithocolletis little moth live locality looking male Mickleham moss moths Natural History Nepticula nest never night Noctuina Notodonta observed palings parasites perfect insect places plants Plusia probably pupa pupæ rare rarity seen side small moths soon species specimens spot stems stones Stylops summer surface taken thorax tion trees trunk whitethorn wings winter wood Zoologist