...two of any sweet liquid. a I'LAf' VH. FIG. 5. b PLATE Vll. FIG. 8. !!). While in the state of larvae the quantity of food consumed by insects is vastly...to their bulk than that required by larger animals. Many caterpillars eat daily twice their weight of leaves, which is as if an ox, weighing sixty stone,...

...any sweet liquid. • PLATE VIl. F,r.. 5. •b PLATE VIl. F,c. 8. 10. While in the state of larva- the quantity of food consumed by insects is vastly...to their bulk than that required by larger animals. Many caterpillars eat daily twice their weight of leaves, which is as if an ox, weighing sixty stone,...

...Vertèbres, p. 193.), in part by a succession of undulations and contractions of the sides of the organ. is vastly greater in proportion to their bulk than that required by larger animals. Many caterpillars eat daily twice their weight of leaves, which is as if an ox, weighing sixty stone,...

...What with bond-fide eating, and then .a material review of that process, with her eyes shut, she makes the most of a mouthful. But for steady consistent...Some caterpillars eat twice their weight of leaves daily—which is, as if a man of twelve stone were to get through something over two hundred legs of...

...What with bond fide eating, and then a material review of that process, with her eyes shut, she makes the most of a mouthful. But for steady consistent...legs of mutton in the course of a week. There are larvce, however, who distance the caterpillars. The maggots of flesh flies have been known actually...