Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 667
THE HOME OF DAPHNIA AND CYCLOPS.One each of the tiny forms enlarged (within the circle). even to this huge insect the pond, which I couldhave crossed at its widest part in a runningjump, was as a lake, the reeds on its edge likeforest trees to us. 1132 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Oct., … However, we have no knowledge that objectslook larger to insects than they do to the verylarge creatures. The great compound eyes ofan insect, such as the dragon-fly, often as largeas the remainder of the head, must give theirowners a peculiar idea of the size of objects.The slow, droning beetle is…
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