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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
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colour, and the large wings, so beau-tifully reticulated, reflect all the colours of the rainbow. These pretty insects are sluggish in their motions, and preferto fly by twilight. They lay their eggs upon plants, attaching themby a long and narrow foot-stalk, which gives them the look of afungus. The larvae, more slender than those of the ant lions,and destined to crawl and run over leaves and twigs, have apeculiar structure on the foot to enable them to do this safely.They live a life of constant warfare against the Aphides, orplant lice, killing and eating them day after day, so that theyare called Aphis Lions. When they have attained their fullgrowth they spin a small cocoon of pure silk, and are trans-formed into pupae. They live in this condition for fifteen days,and then the perfect insect flies. These pretty Nairoptcra have THE PANORPA COMMUNIS. 563 a most disgusting scent, as any one that handles them will soon discover. The Scorpion Flies, Panorpa communis, are common in some
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THE METAMORPHOSES OF Fauorpa communis. parts of Europe, in damp places. The adults have a curiouslylong muzzle, and rather small wings, which are transparent, andspotted with brown colours; the males have the same sort ofbody-pincers as the dragon flies, and the females have a longish 3^4 TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. egg tube or ovipositor, which she pokes into the moist ground,and then lays her eggs. The larvse are almost cylindrical in shape, and have small

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