Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 100
ally he does not havea thousand legs, but only about a hundred;and, unlike the centipedes, he has two pairsof legs on every segment except the firstthree. Unlike the centipedes, too, he has nopoison claws, and is not venomous; he isa timid, gentle creature that crawls aboutslowly, in spite of his… … THE LARVAL FORM OF A CLICK BEETLE, COMMONLY CALLED WIRE-WORM. (SEE LETTER REGARDING CLICK BEETLES, BEETLE HUNT-ING-GROUNDS, ON PAGE 79 OF NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR NO-VEMBER, 1900.) quickly; but if you handle him gently he willcrawl over your hands, touching his short an-tenna;, first one and then the…
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