The Earwig as a Mother. 



The large earwigs shown arc a male above and two females below. At tlie extreme left in the raidcile is a heap of eggs which, having been 

 scattered, the mothrr-earwig is collecting together again. The earwig in the foregronnd is another female that has hatched her eggs, and is 

 now brooding her young progeny. This is a trait quite exceptional among Insects, which rarely know anything about their mimediate 

 descendants. 



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