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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... larva Most of them are produced from eggs ex- ternally , but some are brought forth alive . In this genus are found nearly the largest and the smallest animals in the creation . state . * Anderson's Recreations , ii . 32. - Shaw's Gen ...
... larva Most of them are produced from eggs ex- ternally , but some are brought forth alive . In this genus are found nearly the largest and the smallest animals in the creation . state . * Anderson's Recreations , ii . 32. - Shaw's Gen ...
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... larva , grubs , or caterpillars . These consist of a long body , covered with a soft tender skin , divided into segments or rings , which are capable of 6 INSECTS . 219 bring their young to perfection. In place of these...
... larva , grubs , or caterpillars . These consist of a long body , covered with a soft tender skin , divided into segments or rings , which are capable of 6 INSECTS . 219 bring their young to perfection. In place of these...
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... larva state . While feeding , he constantly attends to the . hole by which he entered , gnawing away the sides , so as to make them very round and smooth : for this not only allows him sufficient air , and a place through which he can ...
... larva state . While feeding , he constantly attends to the . hole by which he entered , gnawing away the sides , so as to make them very round and smooth : for this not only allows him sufficient air , and a place through which he can ...
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... 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 issue from 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 issue from their ...
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... larva state , feeds principally on fir timber which has been felled some time , without having had the bark stripped off ; but it is often found on other wood . Though now too common in this kingdom , it is supposed not to have been ...
... larva state , feeds principally on fir timber which has been felled some time , without having had the bark stripped off ; but it is often found on other wood . Though now too common in this kingdom , it is supposed not to have been ...
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abdomen afterwards animal animalcules antennæ appear become bees Beetle belly body bottom Brit caterpillars cells chrysalis claws colour common covered creature deposit devour distance dorsal fin earth eggs elytra extremely eyes feed feelers feet female fins fish flies four frequently Frog furnished ground grubs half hatched head holes inch in length inhabitants insects jaws kind labour larva larvæ leaves legs Linn Linnæan Linnæus live male manner Mole Crickets months motion mouth nearly nest observed Oppian oviparous pectoral fins Phil plants prey proboscis produced propolis quadrupeds resemblance rivers says seems seen seize shell side skin snails snake sometimes soon spawn species spiders substance surface Surinam swallow tail teeth thick thorax threads tion torpid Tran trees tribe tube vessels viviparous Wasps weather whole wings winter worms young Zool