 | 1869 - 274 pages
...made, and has dried for perhaps a day, it is easily detached by the wind and falls to the ground. Then folding the leaf, she tightly rolls it up, neatly...the ends, until a compact, cylindrical, solid mass is formed. Before the leaf is entirely rolled, she deposits a single egg, rarely two, in the middle,... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - 1877 - 412 pages
...cylindrical solid mass FIG. 237. FIG. Cock's-comb gall. Attelabns. is formed. Before the roll is completed she deposits a single egg, rarely two, in the middle, next to the midrib, where it lies loose in a little cavity. While she is thus engaged, her partner, a little smaller, may often be seen... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - 1888 - 396 pages
...made and has dried for perhaps a day, it is easily detached by the wind and falls to the ground. Then folding the leaf, she tightly rolls it up, neatly...rolled, she deposits a single egg, rarely two, in the Fio. 229.— Sorrel-leaf cut by a caterpillar. middle, next to the midrib, where it lies loosely in... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - 1888 - 396 pages
...made and has dried for perhaps a day, it is easily detached by the wind and falls to the ground. Then folding the leaf, she tightly rolls it up, neatly...rolled, she deposits a single egg, rarely two, in the FIG. 229.— Sorrel-leaf by a caterpillar. middle, next to the midrib, where it lies loosely in a little... | |
 | Minnesota. State Entomologist - 1899 - 274 pages
...easily detached by the wind and falls to the ground. When folding the leaf she rolls it up tightly, neatly tucking in the ends until a compact, cylindrical,...occasionally runs to him to receive his caresses, then again resumes her work. These rolls sometimes remain on the bushes for several days, but probably... | |
 | University of Minnesota. Agricultural Experiment Station - 1900 - 796 pages
...easily detached by the wind and falls to the ground. When folding the leaf she rolls it up tightly, neatly tucking in the ends until a compact, cylindrical,...occasionally runs to him to receive his caresses, then again resumes her work. These rolls sometimes remain on the bushes for several days, but probably... | |
 | Ephraim Porter Felt - 1906 - 604 pages
...roll till a compact, cylindric, nearly solid mass of vegetation is formed. Before the entire leaf is rolled, she deposits a single egg, rarely two, in...midrib, where it lies loosely in a little cavity. The egg hatches in about a week. Eight-spotted forester Alypia octomaculata Fabr. Reddish, black-ringed... | |
 | Willis Stanley Blatchley, Charles William Leng - 1916 - 700 pages
...t1:52). the singular, thimble-like rolls of this •weevil may be found in June and July on the alder. When about to lay her eggs, the female begins to eat...midrib, where it lies loosely in a little cavity. These rolls remain on the bushes sometimes for several days, but probably drop by the time the larva... | |
 | Willis Stanley Blatchley, Charles William Leng, Charles Williams Leng - 1916 - 700 pages
...day, it is easily detached by the wind and falls to the ground. When folding the leaf, she lightly rolls it up, neatly tucking in the ends, until a compact, cylindrical solid mass of vegetation is formed. liefore the leaf is entirely rolled she deposits a single egg, rarely two, in the middle next to the... | |
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... leaf on each side of the midrib, and at right angles to it, so that the leaf may be folded together. Before beginning to roll up the leaf she gnaws the stem nearly off, so that after the roll is made, and has dried for perhaps a day, it is easily... 