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Title: The transformations (or metamorphoses) of insects (Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, and Crustacea.) Being an adaptation, for English readers, of M. Émile Blanchard's "Metamorphoses, murs et instincts des insects (!)," and a compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, and others
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891 Blanchard, Emile, 1819-1900
Subjects: Metamorphosis of insects
Publisher: London, Paris, New York : Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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THE NESTS OF THE WATER SPIDER. (Argyroneta aquatka.) which are seen deep in the water are of the same colour, becauseair is mechanically entangled in the tissue covering the wholeof their bodies. This air is rubbed off with the aid of the legswhen the spider enters its bell-shaped nest, and its globules replacethe water, and at last, after successive ascents and descents, thedome is full of air.
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CHAPTER XVII. THE CRUSTACEA. A VERY slight acquaintance with the common objects of thesea-shore, and the inhabitants of marine aquaria, suffices torender us familiar with the varieties of the articulate creatureswhich are classified as the Crustacea, Lobsters, spiny lobsters,Cray fish, prawns, shrimps, crabs, spider crabs, hermit crabs,sand hoppers, wood lice, water fleas, king crabs, and last, butnot the least interesting, the barnacles, are readily recognisedand distinguished by all who take the commonest interest innatural history. The bodies of these animals are divided into segments ; theskin is hard, calcareous, or horny, and the limbs are jointed,attached to special rings, and are arranged in a double series.The limbs, or rather the articulated extremities, are the antennae,jaws, and mouth pieces, and the walking, swimming, and pre-hensile legs. The nervous system is ganglionic, and is situatedbelow the digestive organs, and above and in front of them. Therespiration is almost

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