Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation: Arranged According to the System of LinnaeusR. Phillips, 1805 |
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Page 219
... caterpillars that will attain the exact state in which they are proper food for their young , when they shall awaken into life ; others bury them in the bodies of other insects ; and others , again , fall upon astonishing contrivances ...
... caterpillars that will attain the exact state in which they are proper food for their young , when they shall awaken into life ; others bury them in the bodies of other insects ; and others , again , fall upon astonishing contrivances ...
Page 221
... caterpillar skin . The hinder parts are those first liberated : when this is done , the ani- mals contract , and draw the skin up towards their * The chrysalis is occasionally called Aurelia , Bean , Cod , Cope de Nymphe . head ; and ...
... caterpillar skin . The hinder parts are those first liberated : when this is done , the ani- mals contract , and draw the skin up towards their * The chrysalis is occasionally called Aurelia , Bean , Cod , Cope de Nymphe . head ; and ...
Page 230
... caterpillars of some of the butterflies , hay- ing their bodies composed of rings , and being some , what hairy . Most of them live entirely under the surface of the ground , feeding on the roots of plants , & c . Their chrysalis ...
... caterpillars of some of the butterflies , hay- ing their bodies composed of rings , and being some , what hairy . Most of them live entirely under the surface of the ground , feeding on the roots of plants , & c . Their chrysalis ...
Page 250
... caterpillar or grub proceeds from a very small brown egg that the parent deposits in the outside of the nut , at a time when it is very soft and ten- der . When the heat of the season has perfected the little grub , it eats its way out ...
... caterpillar or grub proceeds from a very small brown egg that the parent deposits in the outside of the nut , at a time when it is very soft and ten- der . When the heat of the season has perfected the little grub , it eats its way out ...
Page 295
... caterpillars , flies , and even beetles , the hard- ness of whose elytra would seem to be proof against all their attacks ; the incautious naturalist may also himself sometimes experience the severity of their nature . THE BED BUG ...
... caterpillars , flies , and even beetles , the hard- ness of whose elytra would seem to be proof against all their attacks ; the incautious naturalist may also himself sometimes experience the severity of their nature . THE BED BUG ...
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