. Insect architecture. Insects. 1?2 INSECT ARCHITECTURE. ville fritillary (Afelitea cinxid), which is very scarce in this Ziczac Caterpillar and Nest. Although a colony of these caterpillars is not nu- merous, seldom amounting to a hundred individuals, the place which they have selected is not hard to dis- cover. Their abode may be seen in the meadow in form of a tuft of herbage covered with a white web, which may readily be mistaken, at first view, for that of a spider, but closer inspection soon corrects this notion. It is, in fact, a sort of common tent, in which the whole brood l
. Insect architecture. Insects. 1?2 INSECT ARCHITECTURE. ville fritillary (Afelitea cinxid), which is very scarce in this Ziczac Caterpillar and Nest. Although a colony of these caterpillars is not nu- merous, seldom amounting to a hundred individuals, the place which they have selected is not hard to dis- cover. Their abode may be seen in the meadow in form of a tuft of herbage covered with a white web, which may readily be mistaken, at first view, for that of a spider, but closer inspection soon corrects this notion. It is, in fact, a sort of common tent, in which the whole brood lives, eats, and undergoes the usual transformations. The shape of this tent, for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rennie, James, 1787-1867. London, M. A. Nattali
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