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 273
d by a microscope. 232 AMONG THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. The moth is gentle and quiet. It takes nonotice of offered sweets, and shows no sign ofpossessing a tongue. For a short time it givesits silent beauty to please, makes provision forother silently beautiful moths (one hundredand twelve eggs… … FIG. lOr. FULL-GROWN CATERPILLAR. I will close this sketch by a quotation froma record, kept at the time, of two Royal Wal-nut caterpillars, one of which thus buried itself : On the 30th of August, 1882, I was fortunateenough to find two specimens of this caterpil-lar on a large walnut-tree. They…
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