A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 5R. Wright, 1825 |
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... hatched from an egg , from whence proceeds a caterpillar that eats , and often casts its skin : the cater- pillar having devested itself for the last time , assumes a new covering , which is called a chrysalis , or the cone in the silk ...
... hatched from an egg , from whence proceeds a caterpillar that eats , and often casts its skin : the cater- pillar having devested itself for the last time , assumes a new covering , which is called a chrysalis , or the cone in the silk ...
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... prepares to make them a bag , where they are to be hatched until they leave the shell . For this purpose she spins a web four or five VOL . V. - D times stronger than that made for catching flies ; and THE SPIDER kind . 21.
... prepares to make them a bag , where they are to be hatched until they leave the shell . For this purpose she spins a web four or five VOL . V. - D times stronger than that made for catching flies ; and THE SPIDER kind . 21.
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... one of the largest females , and laying its egg upon her , this is hatched into a worm , which soon devours and destroys the animal from whose body it sprung . CHAPTER VI . Of the Bug , and its Varieties THE LOUSE KIND . 33.
... one of the largest females , and laying its egg upon her , this is hatched into a worm , which soon devours and destroys the animal from whose body it sprung . CHAPTER VI . Of the Bug , and its Varieties THE LOUSE KIND . 33.
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... hatched . As soon as the young ones are excluded from the shell , they get upon the back of the parent , who turns her tail over them , and defends them with her sting . It seems probable , therefore , that captivity produces that ...
... hatched . As soon as the young ones are excluded from the shell , they get upon the back of the parent , who turns her tail over them , and defends them with her sting . It seems probable , therefore , that captivity produces that ...
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... hatched , the first pit it makes is very small ; but as it grows bigger , it makes a larger hole , which is des- tined , like a pit - fall , to entrap its prey . It is generally about two inches deep , and as much in diameter . The work ...
... hatched , the first pit it makes is very small ; but as it grows bigger , it makes a larger hole , which is des- tined , like a pit - fall , to entrap its prey . It is generally about two inches deep , and as much in diameter . The work ...
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