4 



,. aiul thus fertili/e it. Many of the 



inU l instiiu which 1 have desci 'ibcd 



in the : ted with the care of their i 



77/ ; The larva is the second of the four principal si 



in the life of an insect. It is tlii i which 



rom tlu I-'amiliar 



am; caterpillars, ma. :ibs, 



i i i 



dunng the larval state that iFn.m the Author's kc- 



-79-) 

 the growth of the insect is made; and COD 



ntly in this stage nearly all the moults are undergone. The 

 ,,-nt to this period are simply those made when the 

 - from one stage to another. 



.rly all of the creatures commonly known as worms are not 

 true worms, but are the larva: of insects. Away from the sea--: 

 but few worms are known to other than zoologists; th 



h-worms. leeches, hair-worms, and the various species parasitic 



in the bodies of higher animals. The many worm-like animals 



found feeding upon the tissues of plants, as tomato-worms, apple 



. are the lame of insects. Other larvae of insect- are 



predaceous or parasitic. 



The Pupa. The pupa is the third of the four stages in the life of 



an insect. . In this stage the in- 

 usually quiescent. Hut a few pupa:, 

 as those of mosquitoes, are active. 

 The change from the larva to the 

 pupa state is made by moulting the 

 skin of the fully grown larva. In the 



. ; i;i of / 'tatysn tn in . 



pupa the legs and wings of the adult 

 '.((I in a rudimentary state-. In the pupa' of butterflies and 



ly soldi-red to the breast of the ir 

 . while in the pupa: of bees, wasps, and beetles they are 



CJirysalis. The term chrysalis is applied to the pupa of a but- 

 terfly. This name wa- ted by the bright, metallic S\ 

 with which the pup.. tain butterflies are marked. Two f..rms 

 : chrysalis. pL chrysalides; and chrysalid,//. 

 chr\ 



The Cocoon. Many larv;e, as those of moths, when fully grown, 

 and before they change to pup.f. spin about the bod}' a silk 



