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larvae change to pupae at once, the last brood, though the 

 weather be just as hot, wait over inside the cocoon till the 

 warm days of coming spring. 



THE IMAGO STAGE. 

 This term refers to the last or winged form (Fig. 40), and 

 was given by Linnaeus because the image of the insect is now 



Fig. 41. 



Fig. 40. 



Queen-Bee, magnifled.— Original. 



Bee-Egg.— OHginal. 



B Large end. 



m Micropyle. 



real and not masked as when in the larva state. Now the 

 insect has its full-formed legs and wings, its compound eyes, 

 often complex mouth-parts— a few insects, like the bot-flies,' 

 have no mouth organs— and the fully developed sex-organs! 

 In fact, the whole purpose of the insect now seems to be to 

 reproduce itself. Many insects do not even eat, only flit in 

 merry marriage mood for a brief space, when the male flees 

 this life to be quickly followed by the female, she only wait- 

 ing to place her eggs where the prospective infants may find 

 suitable food. Some insects not only place their eggs, but 

 feed and care for their young, as do ants, wasps and bees. 

 Again, as in case of some species of ants and bees, abortive 



