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... less troublesome than in the northern , although clouds of them occasionally appear , performing their evolutions in the air . The Simulia seems to have adopted the world for its country : no known land appears to be without it ; all ...
... less troublesome than in the northern , although clouds of them occasionally appear , performing their evolutions in the air . The Simulia seems to have adopted the world for its country : no known land appears to be without it ; all ...
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... less singular than effective . Placing itself in the inside of the circle which it had traced , it thrusts the hinder part of its body into the sand , and , with one of its fore legs , serving as a shovel , it charges its flat and ...
... less singular than effective . Placing itself in the inside of the circle which it had traced , it thrusts the hinder part of its body into the sand , and , with one of its fore legs , serving as a shovel , it charges its flat and ...
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... less than the tenth of an inch in length ; these daily increase in size , and gradually alter their colour till they become nearly white . In this country the caterpillar takes fifty - six days to ar- rive at perfection , during which ...
... less than the tenth of an inch in length ; these daily increase in size , and gradually alter their colour till they become nearly white . In this country the caterpillar takes fifty - six days to ar- rive at perfection , during which ...
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... less an article of general use , and more one of luxury ; but wax is still extensively con- sumed throughout the civilized world . Honey is collected from flowers , is swallowed by the bees , and afterwards re- gurgitated the bee ...
... less an article of general use , and more one of luxury ; but wax is still extensively con- sumed throughout the civilized world . Honey is collected from flowers , is swallowed by the bees , and afterwards re- gurgitated the bee ...
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... less than the queen , but larger than the workers ; they live on the honey of flowers , but bring none home , and are wholly useless , ex- cept as being the fathers of the future progeny ; when this office is accomplished , they are ...
... less than the queen , but larger than the workers ; they live on the honey of flowers , but bring none home , and are wholly useless , ex- cept as being the fathers of the future progeny ; when this office is accomplished , they are ...
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acute alulæ animals antennæ composed ants appears articulate basal bees beetles blade blood body butterflies caterpillar cells chrysalis clap-net clavated cocoon Coleoptera colour corneous covered cylindrical Diptera earth ecdysis eggs elytra Entomological entomologist feeler-jaw feelers female filiform antennæ five-jointed flies flight flowers forceps fore wings four four-jointed furnished galea ground head Hemiptera hind wings honey Hymenoptera ichneumon Imago with antennæ incrassated Inhabits and feeds insects kind labium labourers Larva Larva and pupa Larva elongate Larva inhabits larvæ leaves legs Lepidoptera ligula locust maggot males mandibles maxillæ maxillary feelers mesothorax metathorax minute moniliform moths motion mouth muscles nearly nervures nest obtuse ocelli three organs Orthoptera ovipositor perfect insect perfectly podeon portion possess preceding order prehensile prothorax Pupa changes queen resembling scutellum segments side silk situations six-jointed skin slender sometimes species spiracles stout substance surface tarsi three-jointed tion trees vegetables wasps wood
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Page 197 - Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing — On superior...
Page 131 - To trace in Nature's most minute design, The signature and stamp of power divine, Contrivance intricate expressed with ease, Where unassisted sight no beauty sees, The shapely limb and lubricated joint, Within the small dimensions of a point, Muscle and nerve miraculously spun, His mighty work who speaks and it is done, The invisible in things scarce seen revealed, To whom an atom is an ample field.
Page xv - Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let Reason, late, instruct mankind: Here subterranean works and cities see ; There towns aerial on the waving tree. Learn each small people's genius, policies, The ants...
Page 28 - For this purpose they sheath or draw back the hooks almost entirely within the skin, until the two points come close to each other. They then present them to the membrane, and, keeping them parallel till it is pierced through, they expand them in a lateral direction, and...
Page 62 - These apartments compose an intricate labyrinth, which extends a foot or more in diameter from the royal chamber on every side. Here the nurseries and magazines of provisions begin ; and, being separated by small empty chambers and galleries, which surround them, and communicate with each other...
Page 65 - The third order, or the insect in its perfect state, varies its form still more than ever. The head, thorax, and abdomen, differ almost entirely from the same parts in the labourers and soldiers; and, besides this, the animal is now furnished with four fine large brownish transparent wings, with which it is at the time of emigration to wing its way in search of a new settlement.
Page 27 - ... ripe, after which time the slightest application of warmth and moisture is sufficient to bring forth, in an instant, the latent larva. At this time, if the tongue of the horse touches the egg, its operculum is thrown open, and a small active worm is produced, which readily adheres to the moist surface of the tongue, and is from thence conveyed with the food to the stomach.
Page 58 - Africa, that it is scarcely possible to stand upon any open place, such as a rice- plantation or other clear spot, where one or more of these buildings is not to be seen within fifty paces. In some parts near Senegal, as mentioned by Adanson, their number, magnitude, and closeness of situation, make them appear like the villages of the natives.
Page 18 - ... they viewed with a curious eye the common dress of the Chinese, the manufactures of silk, and the myriads of silkworms, whose education (either on trees or in houses) had once been considered as the labour of queens.
Page 54 - The burying-beetles hunt in couples, male and female ; and when six or eight are found in a large animal, they are almost sure to be males and females, in equal numbers : they hunt by scent only, the chase being mostly performed when no other sense would be very available, viz., in the night. When they have found a bird, great comfort is expressed by the male, who wheels round and round above it, like an eagle, — the female settles on it at once, without this testimonial of satisfaction ; the male...