Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 · Philadelphia : Blakiston · leaf 840
that the feet pour-forth a secreted fluid, isevidenced by the marks left by their attachment on a clean surfaceof glass. Although, when all the hairs have the strain put uponthem equally, the adhesion of their disks suffices to support theinsect, yet each row may be detached separately by the… … The careful 754 INSECTS AND AEACHNIDA. strength not being sufficient to enable them to detach their tarsi.*—A similar apparatus on a far larger scale, presents itself on thefoot of the Dyiiscus (Fig. 436, a). The first joints of the tarsus ofthis insect are widely expanded, so as to form a…
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