The World of Insects: A Guide to Its WondersJ. Van Voorst, 1856 - 244 pages |
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... moth ? which of these on the window is it ? Those ! oh , they are not all destructive creatures . This pretty little fellow , with the white head and neck , * comes from a caterpillar that lives in holes and corners , and eats any bits ...
... moth ? which of these on the window is it ? Those ! oh , they are not all destructive creatures . This pretty little fellow , with the white head and neck , * comes from a caterpillar that lives in holes and corners , and eats any bits ...
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... moth under an inverted wine - glass , I then light a small piece of German tinder , half the size of a sixpence , or less , and introduce it under the edge , and by means of the smoke the insect is stupefied almost immediately . It is ...
... moth under an inverted wine - glass , I then light a small piece of German tinder , half the size of a sixpence , or less , and introduce it under the edge , and by means of the smoke the insect is stupefied almost immediately . It is ...
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... moth under an inverted wine - glass , I then light a small piece of German tinder , half the size of a sixpence , or less , and introduce it under the edge , and by means of the smoke the insect is stupefied almost immediately . It is ...
... moth under an inverted wine - glass , I then light a small piece of German tinder , half the size of a sixpence , or less , and introduce it under the edge , and by means of the smoke the insect is stupefied almost immediately . It is ...
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... moth or butterfly hovering over a flower , remember to strike upwards , for ... little injury . By all means try the plan , if you think proper , and may ... moth , Gelechia Mouffetella , roll up the leaves and feed thereon in May , but ...
... moth or butterfly hovering over a flower , remember to strike upwards , for ... little injury . By all means try the plan , if you think proper , and may ... moth , Gelechia Mouffetella , roll up the leaves and feed thereon in May , but ...
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... moths , and is the favourite haunt of the humming - bird Sphinx , which feeds by sipping the honey without alighting , hovering below and turning its long tongue upwards into the ... small moth ( Coleophora gryphipennella ) 32 THE GARDEN .
... moths , and is the favourite haunt of the humming - bird Sphinx , which feeds by sipping the honey without alighting , hovering below and turning its long tongue upwards into the ... small moth ( Coleophora gryphipennella ) 32 THE GARDEN .
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abundant Acilius sulcatus Andrena animal antennæ ants Aphides appear apple attached attractive autumn bark beautiful become bees beetles bird brood burrows bushes butterflies captured caterpillars cells Claviger cocoon Coleophora Coleoptera collector colour common corticea creatures cultivation Diptera Dyschirius earth eating eggs elytra entomological entomologist eyes favourite female field flies flowers frequently galls garden Gelechia genera genus Geodephaga Geometrina Gracilaria grass ground grow grub habits heath hedges hole Hymenoptera inch inhabitants insect-life July June larva feeds larvæ latter leaf leaves legs Lepidoptera light Lithocolletis little moth live locality looking male Mickleham moss moths natural history Nepticula nest never night Noctuina Notodonta observed palings parasites perfect insect places plants Plusia probably pupa pupæ rare seen side small moths soon species specimens spot stems stones Stylops summer surface taken thorax tion trees trunk whitethorn wings winter wood Zoologist
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Page 234 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 77 - THE poetry of earth is never dead: When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead ; That is the Grasshopper's — he takes the lead In summer luxury, — he has never done With his delights; for when tired out with fun He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
Page 76 - Green little vaulter in the sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June, Sole voice that's heard amidst the lazy noon, When even the bees lag at the summoning brass; And you, warm little housekeeper, who class With those who think the candles come too soon, Loving the fire, and with your tricksome tune Nick the glad silent moments as they pass; Oh sweet and tiny cousins, that belong, One to the fields, the other to the hearth...
Page 105 - I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable month endows The grass, the thicket...
Page 221 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more...
Page iv - Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.
Page 110 - Dis's waggon! daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength...
Page 74 - YE field flowers ! the gardens eclipse you, 'tis true, Yet, wildings of Nature, I dote upon you, For ye waft me to summers of old, When the earth teem'd around me with fairy delight, And when daisies and buttercups gladden'd my sight, Like treasures of silver and gold.
Page 80 - ... sweetness and melody, nor do harsh sounds always displease. We are more apt to be captivated or disgusted with the associations which they promote, than with the notes themselves. Thus the shrilling of the field-cricket, though sharp and stridulous, yet marvellously delights some hearers, filling their minds with a train of summer ideas of everything that is rural, verdurous, and joyous.
Page 32 - Like a glow-worm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and grass, which screen it from the view; Like a rose embowered In its own green leaves, By warm winds deflowered, Till the scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet these heavy-winged thieves.