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... branches of Natural History . Then " bread , " with Cricket as with man , the very " staff of life , " if poverty forbid him not to grasp it , what substance more properly symbolic of that which must form the ground - work of our book ...
... branches of Natural History . Then " bread , " with Cricket as with man , the very " staff of life , " if poverty forbid him not to grasp it , what substance more properly symbolic of that which must form the ground - work of our book ...
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... at her merest classifiers and collectors , such as every branch of Natural History may number among the lesser minded of its votaries . But even 1 Insects of Surinam . PERSECUTION OF THE SCIENCE . 13 persons like these ,
... at her merest classifiers and collectors , such as every branch of Natural History may number among the lesser minded of its votaries . But even 1 Insects of Surinam . PERSECUTION OF THE SCIENCE . 13 persons like these ,
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... something animate to join us in our homage of en- joyment . The wish was hardly conceived ere it was accom- plished , for on passing beneath a canopy of low interlacing D 26 WINTER GNATS . branches , we suddenly found ourselves.
... something animate to join us in our homage of en- joyment . The wish was hardly conceived ere it was accom- plished , for on passing beneath a canopy of low interlacing D 26 WINTER GNATS . branches , we suddenly found ourselves.
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Miss L. M. Budgen John George Wood. 26 WINTER GNATS . branches , we suddenly found ourselves making one with a company of Gnats , dancing ( though more mutely ) quite as merrily as they could possibly have footed it on the balmy air of a ...
Miss L. M. Budgen John George Wood. 26 WINTER GNATS . branches , we suddenly found ourselves making one with a company of Gnats , dancing ( though more mutely ) quite as merrily as they could possibly have footed it on the balmy air of a ...
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... branches of the shrubs they are used to frequent , and at the beginning of frost pursue along the hedges the paths which lead to their retreat . As soon as the Ants recover from their torpor , in- duced by severe cold , they venture ...
... branches of the shrubs they are used to frequent , and at the beginning of frost pursue along the hedges the paths which lead to their retreat . As soon as the Ants recover from their torpor , in- duced by severe cold , they venture ...
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EPISODES OF INSECT LIFE L. M. Miss] [Budgen,J. G. (John George) 1827-1889 Wood No preview available - 2016 |
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accustomed admirable amongst animal antennæ Ants Aphides Aphis appear aurelian autumn beautiful Bedeguars Bees beetle beneath body branch bright brown busy Butterfly called caterpillar cells chrysalis Cicada colour common creature cricket curious dark devouring DRONE BEES earth eggs employed Entomology eyes fancy father favourite female flies flowers Gall-fly galls garden gnat Goat Moth green grub habits head hive honey Ichneumon insect instinct jaws Kirby labour lady Lady-bird larva larvæ latter leaf leaves legs Lepidoptera less light living look morning Moth naturalist nature nest notice observed occupant ocelli Ogre pair parasitic perfect perhaps pinions pretty prey pupa queen Réaumur resembling rose scarcely seemed seen silk silken slender small Tortoiseshell social caterpillars species spider spring summer suppose surface sweet tail Tetragnatha extensa thou Tineida tree tribe usually vegetable Vignette walls Wasp wherein wingless wings wood yellow