Among the moths and butterflies : a revised and enlarged edition of "Insect lives ; or, Born in prison" (1891)
Ballard, Julia P. (Julia Perkins) · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 234
ed a leaf for aweek and a half ! The last record of him,alive, was on October 17th. Then he gaveup his tent-working, and soon his struggle forlife. Since then I have had several of theseLimacodes, and some of them have madea nice plump cocoon, but never yet has oneopened. On breaking the cocoon of… … SCAPHA MOTH. THE BEECH-NUT BOX. 193 dark flossy substance around it. I have now(March, 1890) three or four well made Scaphacocoons, and the wish to see them give up theimago is in due proportion to the interest withwhich its caterpillar life has been watched.Although Harris had failedto see the…
Butterflies -- Juvenile literature · Moths -- Juvenile literature
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