The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 86
MOSQUITO EGGS. AND LARV.B HATCH-ING FROM THEM. (MAGNIFIED.) MOSQUITO LARV.E WRIGGLERS AND PUP.E JUMPERSALONG THE EDGE OF A POND. In such places they are generally protected by the dense grass. A wolfin the fold, in the shape of a little chub-minnow, which might seem to themosquitos a veritable… … MOSQUITO LARVVE WHIG( MAGNIFIED.) Those at the surface are breathing airthrough their air-tubes. are not bloodthirsty; their appetites, if they haveany, are more gentle and peacefully inclined. Only the females bite, and they do not reallybite. They have no teeth for biting. It is a piercing and…
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