Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 478
grains onan ear of wheat. These eggs hatch in about two weeks. The active grubs are pro-vided with three pairs oflegs. Some kinds liveseventeen years in thelarva state and then in thespring change to the pu-pa, which differs from thelarva by having smallwings. There are manydifferent kinds of… … long antennae, each separated into twelve joints, are joinedto the head above a pair of dull black eyes. Under theantenna; are two large pinchers ; below the pinchersare two pairs of small feelers. This beetle has two pairsof legs joined to the body, and one pair joined to the tho-rax. Each leg has…
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