Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of ConstructionLongmans, Green and Company, 1866 - 632 páginas |
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... threads . This sub- stance is carried by the crabs into their holes , for the purpose of forming a bed whereon they can rest when they change their shells , and the Malays are in the habit of robbing the burrows of these stored fibres ...
... threads . This sub- stance is carried by the crabs into their holes , for the purpose of forming a bed whereon they can rest when they change their shells , and the Malays are in the habit of robbing the burrows of these stored fibres ...
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... threads , which extend to a con- siderable distance from the entrance . At the very bottom of its silken tunnel the living architect lies concealed , its sensitive feet resting on the web , so that it is enabled to perceive the approach ...
... threads , which extend to a con- siderable distance from the entrance . At the very bottom of its silken tunnel the living architect lies concealed , its sensitive feet resting on the web , so that it is enabled to perceive the approach ...
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... threads twisted together without the least apparent order . The threads are very coarse , in comparison to ordinary spider - web , and seem to be stiff , as if covered with size or gum . The entrance of the tube is guarded by the " trap ...
... threads twisted together without the least apparent order . The threads are very coarse , in comparison to ordinary spider - web , and seem to be stiff , as if covered with size or gum . The entrance of the tube is guarded by the " trap ...
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... thread and dropped into the hole . Being partly carnivorous , the cricket seizes the ant for the purpose of eating it , and is immediately dragged out of its house by the thread .端 GRYLLUS DEPOSITING BOGS . IN the accompanying ...
... thread and dropped into the hole . Being partly carnivorous , the cricket seizes the ant for the purpose of eating it , and is immediately dragged out of its house by the thread .端 GRYLLUS DEPOSITING BOGS . IN the accompanying ...
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... thread , a large store of which can be produced by this caterpillar . Several cocoons are now before me , which I took from a willow tree in Erith marshes . Out of a great number of specimens I have selected four , in order to show the ...
... thread , a large store of which can be produced by this caterpillar . Several cocoons are now before me , which I took from a willow tree in Erith marshes . Out of a great number of specimens I have selected four , in order to show the ...
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Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals ... John George Wood Visualização integral - 1866 |
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abdomen animal antennæ ants attached Australia beak beautiful beetles body branch British British Museum build burrow called caterpillar cells cocoon colour combs common constructed covered crab creature crustacea curious earth Eciton eggs entomologists entrance example excavated Fairy Martin fastened feathers feeding feet female fibres flies gall garden genus grass ground grub habits hair hatched hole hollow humming birds hymenoptera ichneumon illustration inhabitants insect labour larva larvæ leaf leaves look male manner materials mentioned Mole Mole Cricket molluscs moth natives nearly nest nest-The ordinary parasitic pass peculiar pensile nests placed plentiful pupa pupal reader remarkable resemblance rock Sand Martin scarcely seen shape shell Shipworm side silken similar slender soft sometimes species specimens spider spot structure substance surface tail Tallegalla thick threads Titmouse tree tube tunnel twigs walls wasps Weaver Weaver Bird wings wonderful wood yellow young