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Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life (1884)

Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 129

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t regularity.He says that when in apartially dormant state, theinsect does not appear to beable to give out this secretion,though it can still attach it-self : indeed, this fluid is notessential for that purpose. *It is asserted that the speckledpattern of fluid left on theglass by the flys… … FOOT OF FLT. insects: their feet. 117 similar appendages. I shall now show you the fore-footof a well-known insect, called by children the Bloody-noseBeetle (Timarcha tenebricosa), a heavy-bodied fellow, of ablue-black colour, abundant in spring and summer onhedge-banks. You have doubtless often…

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