Insect architecture / [Anon].

  • James Rennie
Date:
1830
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Insect architecture / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. InTRODUCTION. Instruction derivable from common things € Can be studied in nia situation > Anecdctes Cabinets useful but not indispensable Study of Insects does not narrow the mind Injuries and Benefits caused by Insects Use of names in Natural History Study of Insects fascinating to a2 Anecdote of a little girl Beauty of Insects ° s Varieties in the Seg ae of Insects ; States of Insects : Insects produced from epgs - Larva, Caterpillar, Grub, Maggot ‘ Pupa, Chrysalis, Aurelia, aor Imago, perfect Insect . . CHAPTER. II. Structures for protecting Eggs ae Bees compared to our mechanics Mason-Wasps . Curious proceedings of one at Lee Her caution outwitted by a Fly Structures of another Mason-Wasp , Her storing of live Caterpillars Mason-Bees Nest of one on the Weal of Grethvich Baste Clay-mine of Mason Bees at Lee. Estimate of their labours : ‘ Wall-Mason-Bees of France Structures of Mason Bees. : Their-restless a PCuiPe ‘ : Mining-Bees CHAPTER III. Carpenter-Bees_ : . : Methods of working. 3 History of one at Lee a Violet Carpenter-Bee of France - Compared with our joiners , : Elder and Bramble Carpenter-Bees % ° °
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