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 218
... feelers . Insects have also moveable an- tennæ , proceeding generally from the front part of the head , which are endowed with a very nice sense of feeling . In a minute examination that has lately been made in this class by Cuvier ...
... feelers . Insects have also moveable an- tennæ , proceeding generally from the front part of the head , which are endowed with a very nice sense of feeling . In a minute examination that has lately been made in this class by Cuvier ...
Page 227
... feelers : these are generally four , but sometimes six in num- ber . They are a kind of thread - shaped articulated . antennæ . Their situation , under and at the sides of the mouth , renders them , however , sufficiently di- stinct ...
... feelers : these are generally four , but sometimes six in num- ber . They are a kind of thread - shaped articulated . antennæ . Their situation , under and at the sides of the mouth , renders them , however , sufficiently di- stinct ...
Page 230
... feelers , The feet have five joints ; and the shanks of the fore - legs are generally toothed , The larve or grubs have six feet . In their gene- ral external appearance these creatures are not much unlike the caterpillars of some of ...
... feelers , The feet have five joints ; and the shanks of the fore - legs are generally toothed , The larve or grubs have six feet . In their gene- ral external appearance these creatures are not much unlike the caterpillars of some of ...
Page 248
... feelers . One division of the Weevils feed on trees and shrubs , inserting their beak into the tender branches , and by this means extracting their juices . The Curculio alliarie has been observed with its beak plunged into the twig of ...
... feelers . One division of the Weevils feed on trees and shrubs , inserting their beak into the tender branches , and by this means extracting their juices . The Curculio alliarie has been observed with its beak plunged into the twig of ...
Page 252
... feelers . Their larva are found in the inner parts of trees , through which they bore , feeding on and pulveri- zing the substance of the wood . They are trans- formed into perfect insects in the cavities they thus make , and never ...
... feelers . Their larva are found in the inner parts of trees , through which they bore , feeding on and pulveri- zing the substance of the wood . They are trans- formed into perfect insects in the cavities they thus make , and never ...
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