 In the month of September these beetles gather on the locust trees, where they may be seen glittering in the sunbeams, with their gorgeous livery of black velvet and gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their...  The Canadian Entomologist - Page 1371878Full view - About this book
 | Thaddeus William Harris, Massachusetts. Zoological and Botanical Survey - 1841 - 484 pages
...gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every now and then to salute those they meet...snowwhite eggs, in clusters of seven or eight together, and at intervals of five or six minutes, till her whole stock is safely stored. The eggs are soon hatched,... | |
 | Cuthbert William Johnson - 1844 - 1210 pages
...mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every now and then to salute those they meet wiih a rapid bowing of the shoulders, accompanied by a...creeps over the bark, searching the crevices with her antenna;, and dropping therein her snow-white eggs, in clusters of seven or eight together, and at... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - 1846 - 548 pages
...gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every now and then to salute those they meet,...snow-white eggs, in clusters of seven or eight together, and at intervals of five or six minutes, till her whole stock is safely stored. The eggs are soon hatched,... | |
 | 1846 - 390 pages
...gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every now and then to salute those they meet,...snow-white eggs, in clusters of seven or eight together, and at intervals of five or six mfnutes, till her whole stock is safely stored. The eggs arc soon hatched,... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - 1846 - 542 pages
...gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every now and then to salute those they meet,...creeps over the bark, searching the crevices with her antennas, and dropping therein her snow-white eggs, in clusters of seven or eight together, and at... | |
 | 1846 - 392 pages
...gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every now and then to salute those they meet, with a rapid bowing of the shoul ders, accompanied by a creaking sound, indicative of recognition or defiance. Having paired,... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1848 - 924 pages
...gold, coursing up and down the trunk« in purcuit of their mates, or to drive away their rival«, and stopping every now and then to salute those they meet with a rapid bowing of the nhoulden, accompanied by a creaking sound, indicative of recognition or defiance. Having palix-d, the... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris - 1852 - 536 pages
...gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every now and then to salute those they meet...snow-white eggs, in clusters of seven or eight together, and at intervals of five or six minutes, till her whole stock is safely stored. The eggs are soon hatched,... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - 1853 - 550 pages
...gold, conrsing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every now and then to salute those they meet with a rapid bowing of the shoulder.-, accompanied by a creaking sound, indicative of recognition or defiance. Having paired,... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris - 1862 - 696 pages
...gold, coursing up and down the trunks in pursuit of their mates, or to drive away their rivals, and stopping every now and then to salute those they meet...creeps over the bark, searching the crevices with her antennas, and dropping therein her snowwhite eggs, in clusters of seven or eight together, and at intervals... | |
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