Identifier: insectsathomebe00wood (find matches)
Title: Insects at home; being a popular account of insects, their structure, habits and transformations
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS
Subjects: Entomology
Publisher: New York, Scribner
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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at once be rejected, the toad moving off as if disgustedwith a creature on which it hoped to feed. The coloiu of thislarva is creamy white, spotted and striped with orange, andhaving a number of bold black spots and stripes, as seen in theillustration. The pupa is smooth and black, with a slight tinge of red,banded with yellow, so that the caterpillar, the pupa, and theperfect insect have all the same colouring. The Moth appearsin the middle of summer. The family of the Hybernidse is represented by the MottledUmber Moth (Hibernia defoliaria), the male of which is shownon Woodcut XLIX. Fig. 3. The colour of the upper wings is very pale brown, across whichare drawn two bold brown bands, as seen in the illustration. Theunder wings are paler brown than the upper, and are sprinkled PLATE XVI.GEOMETERS AND NOCTU/E. 1. Agrotis segetum. 2. Agrotis larva. 3. Xanthia flavago. 4. Geometra papilionaria.6. Abraxas grossulariata. 6. Abraxas grossulariata, larva. Plants :— Currant and Strawberry.
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SILK SPINNING, 453 with very tiny black dots. It is an exceedingly variableinsect, and there is one variety which now and then occurs inwhich the brown bands are absent and the whole of the wingsis covered with the little black dots. There is no difficultyin distinguishing the female from the male, as may be seenby referring to Fig. b in the same Woodcut. The wingsare reduced to the merest rudiments, and are not only uselessfor flight, but absolutely useless for any purpose whatever.Like those of the ostrich and emeu, they are inefficient aswings. But the two birds which have been mentioned areexceedingly swift of foot, and the wings, though they arenot used for flight, do at least assist them in running. Butthe female Mottled Umber is by no means swift of foot, andindeed a distance of six inches is quite a journey to her. Thebody of the female is warm brown in colour, and on each seg-ment are two conspicuous black spots. This larva is shown atFig. c in the same Woodcut. The larva is

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