The Life of the Weevil 
larva, without fear of being shrivelled by the 
wind or the rays of the sun, to adhere firmly 
to its food-plant, which loves the open air 
and warm, sunny places. 
The laboratory producing this sticky var- 
nish is easily discovered; we have only to 
make the creature move along a slip of glass. 
We see from time to time a sort of treacly 
dew oozing from the end of the intestine 
and lubricating the last segment. The glue 
is therefore supplied by the digestive canal. 
Is there a special glandular laboratory there, 
or is it the intestine itself that prepares 
the product? I will leave the question un- 
answered, for nowadays I no longer have the 
steady hand or the keen sight required for 
delicate dissection. The fact remains that 
the grub daubs itself with a glue of which 
the end of the intestine is at least the store- 
house, if it is not the actual source. 
How is the sticky emission distributed 
over the whole body, both above and below? 
The larva is a legless cripple; it moves about 
by obtaining a hold with its behind. More- 
over, it is well segmented. The back, in 
particular, has a series of fairly protuberant 
cushions; the ventral surface, on the other 
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