New illustrated natural history of the world / by Ernest Protheroe ... with 24 coloured plates (73 figures) and nearly 300 photographs direct from nature chiefly by W.S. Berridge.

  • Ernest Protheroe
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[1910]
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Credit: New illustrated natural history of the world / by Ernest Protheroe ... with 24 coloured plates (73 figures) and nearly 300 photographs direct from nature chiefly by W.S. Berridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the usual manner. Their mode of progression is called ‘ looping/ and the caterpillars are called ‘ loopers.’ When one of these larvi advances, it grasps the object firmly with its fore-feet and draws the hind feet close to them, forming the body into an arched shape. The hinder feet then take a firm hold, the body is projected forward^ until the fore-feet can repeat the process. The whole action of the larva reminds the observer of the leech when crawling. The Swallow- tailed Moth [Urapteryx samburica) is common in England, the south of Scotland, and Ireland. It is a rather large insect,’with tailed hind wings, both pairs of which are pale sulphur-yellow marked with olive-green transverse lines. GREAT ATLAS MOTH (Less than one-third natural size) The few Butterflies and Moths that have been briefly described, are all found in this country, and though some of them are exceed-] ingly beautiful, they cannot compare with many of the tropical? species for size or brilliantly metallic colouring. The Lepidoptera, especially the butterflies, except for the occasional ravages of > caterpillars, afford man much pleasure, gladdening the heart of i every true lover of Nature as they flit about in the sunlight. To j beauty they add the character of being perfectly harmless, for no ] butterfly or moth is noxious, and only a few caterpillars are capable | of causing irritation when handled carelessly. |