Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction |
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... wonderful Instincts - The Egg , the Grub , and the Cocoon- ocoon in the British Museum - The MOLE CRICKET , its form and elaborate Dwelling - Its general Habits , and wide distribution . The FIELD CRICKET , and its Tunnels — Structure ...
... wonderful Instincts - The Egg , the Grub , and the Cocoon- ocoon in the British Museum - The MOLE CRICKET , its form and elaborate Dwelling - Its general Habits , and wide distribution . The FIELD CRICKET , and its Tunnels — Structure ...
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... Wonderful adaptation to circumstances - How the Bee burrows - The HOOP- SHAVER - BEE - Gilbert White's description of its habits - The SIREX and its Burrow - Its ravages among fig - trees - Formidable aspect of the insect - The two ...
... Wonderful adaptation to circumstances - How the Bee burrows - The HOOP- SHAVER - BEE - Gilbert White's description of its habits - The SIREX and its Burrow - Its ravages among fig - trees - Formidable aspect of the insect - The two ...
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... wonderful examples of workmanship ; but then they are nothing more or less than buildings placed below the level of the ground , and inhabited in the hot season by the luxurious . Even in such cases , however , the inherent defects of ...
... wonderful examples of workmanship ; but then they are nothing more or less than buildings placed below the level of the ground , and inhabited in the hot season by the luxurious . Even in such cases , however , the inherent defects of ...
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... wonderful completeness . It has regular roads leading to its feeding - grounds ; establishes a system of com- munication as elaborate as that of a modern railway , or to be more correct , as that of the subterranean network of ...
... wonderful completeness . It has regular roads leading to its feeding - grounds ; establishes a system of com- munication as elaborate as that of a modern railway , or to be more correct , as that of the subterranean network of ...
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... wonderful animal should be better studied . The only object that can at present be surmised is , that the rightful owner of such a stronghold may rest safely in his middle chamber , tasting the reward of repose which sweetens labour ...
... wonderful animal should be better studied . The only object that can at present be surmised is , that the rightful owner of such a stronghold may rest safely in his middle chamber , tasting the reward of repose which sweetens labour ...
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abdomen animal antennæ ants attached Australia beak beautiful beetles body branch British British Museum build burrow called caterpillar cells cocoon colour combs common constructed covered crab creature crustacea curious earth Eciton eggs entomologists entrance example excavated Fairy Martin fastened feathers feeding feet female fibres flies gall garden genus grass ground grub habits hair hatched hole hollow humming birds hymenoptera ichneumon illustration inhabitants insect labour larva larvæ leaf leaves look male manner materials mentioned Mole Mole Cricket molluscs moth natives nearly nest nest-The ordinary parasitic pass peculiar pensile nests placed plentiful pupa pupal reader remarkable resemblance rock Sand Martin scarcely seen shape shell Shipworm side silken similar slender soft sometimes species specimens spider spot structure substance surface tail Tallegalla thick threads Titmouse tree tube tunnel twigs walls wasps Weaver Weaver Bird wings wonderful wood yellow young