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- American Luna Moth
Larva on Branch Below, and Cocoon on Twig Just Above. No insect affords a better proof of high art in nature, and of the transcendent beauty of the Creator’s thoughts, than the Luna moth, which is as preëminent above her fellows as her namesake, the fair empress of the sky, above the lesser lights that dominate the night. Her elegant robes of green, set off with trimmings of purple, and jewelled with diamonds, added to her queenly grace and personal charms, will always distinguish her from the profanum vulgus of the articulata. - Kittens playing with ball of wool
- Wasn't me
- fruit clusters of the golden-rod
- Low at our feet are the red ones of the wintergreen
- Spoon-feeding kitten
- Cherry flower
- Lilies
- Cirolana borealis
- Mother cat with kitten
- Decorated Cat
- Cat and kitten 3
- winged fruits of the maple
- speckled red berries of the false Solomon’s seal
- Newborn Cicada
Although Cicadas abound most upon the oaks, yet there seem to be no trees or shrubs that are exempt from their attacks, unless it be the various species of pines and firs. The punctured limbs languish and die soon after the eggs are laid, and as often happens are broken off by the winds; but when this is the case the eggs never hatch, for the moisture of the living branch seems necessary for their proper development. The eggs are one-twelfth of an inch in length, and one-sixteenth of an inch through the middle, but taper to an obtuse point at each end. They are of a pearl-white color. The shell is so thin and delicate that the form of the inclosed insect can be seen before the egg is hatched. One writer claims that fifty-two days, and others that fourteen days, constitute the period required for the hatching of the egg. When it bursts the shell the young insect is one-sixteenth of an inch long, and is of a yellowish-white color, excepting the eyes and the claws of the fore-legs, which are reddish. It is clothed with small hairs. In form it is grub-like, larger proportionally than the parent, and provided with six legs, the first pair being very large, shaped like lobster-claws, and armed beneath with strong spines. Little prominences take the place of wings, and under the breast is a long beak for suction. Its movements, after leaving the egg, are very lively, and nearly as quick as some of the ants. - The Norwegian Deep-water Prawn (Pandalus borealis), Female
- Meganyctiphanes norvegica, One of the Euphausiacea
- Kitten and puppy faceoff
- Chiasognathus Grantii 2
- clematis flowers
- Jack-in-the-pulpit
- Burdock Burr
- The cockroach mite
The cockroach mite, Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus - Common Earth-worms
Earth-worms are found throughout the world. Though few in genera, and not many in species, yet they make up in individual numbers, for it has been estimated that they average about one hundred thousand to the acre. Our American species have never been monographed, which renders it impossible to judge of their probable number. Their castings may be seen on commons, so as to cover almost entirely their surface, where the soil is poor and the grass short and thin, and they are almost as numerous in some of our parks where the grass grows well and the soil appears rich. - Polycheles phosphorus, One of the Eryonidea, Female, from the Indian Seas
- The Phyllosoma Larva of the Common Spiny Lobster
- bunch of the long-winged seeds of the ash
- the fruit of Solomon’s seal
- Plum
- Protozoa from the gut of the wood-feeding cockroach
Protozoa from the gut of the wood-feeding cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus. A, Eucomonympha imla, female above, male below, c. X 375. (From Cleveland [1950c].) B, Barbulanympha sp. (From Cleveland [1953].) C, Urinympha talea, c. X 712. (From Cleveland [1951a].) D, Rhynchonympha tarda, c. X 450. (From Cleveland [1952].) E, Trichonympha okolona or T. algoa, c. X 390. - The Freshwater Jelly-fish of Lake Tanganyika
The Freshwater Jelly-fish of Lake Tanganyika (Limnocnida Tanganyicae), Since its discovery in Tanganyika it has been found also in the Lake Victoria Nyanza and in pools in the Upper Niger basin. - A Deep-sea Crab (Platymaia wyville-thomsoni)
- Squilla mantis
Squilla mantis - Two cats
- Kitten and bucket
- Calocalanus pavo, One of the Free-swimming Copepoda of the Plankton
- The Freshwater Jelly-fish of Regent’s Park (Limnocodium Sowerbii)
The Freshwater Jelly-fish of Regent’s Park (Limnocodium Sowerbii) It was discovered in the tropical lily tank of the Botanical Gardens in June, 1880, and swarmed in great numbers year after year—then suddenly disappeared. It has since been found in similar tanks in Sheffield, Lyons, and Munich. Only male specimens were discovered, and the native home of the wonderful visitor is still unknown. - Indian cucumber root
- Dissection of Male Lobster, from the Side
- Newly-hatched Young of a Crayfish
- Beach crabs
Beach crabs - red-stalked dogwood
- Pediculus vestimenti 2
- A Well Shrimp (Niphargus aquilex)
- Kittens play fighting
- Cat and kitten
- The Zoëa Larva of a Species of Sergestes
- Lepismas at Work
Living in chinks and crannies of ranges in our homes, and occasionally in bookcases and closets where glutinous and sugary matters abound, but which has probably not been met with elsewhere, is a strange but beautiful little creature which, as far as can be determined, goes through the brief round of its existence without a name to distinguish it from its fellows. Few entomologists have given any special attention to its family relationships. The possession of certain bristle-like appendages which terminate the abdomen, and which are no doubt comparable with the abdominal legs of the Myriopods, or Thousand Legs, classes it with the Bristle-tails, or Lepismas. In general form, a likeness to the larva of Perla, a net-veined neuropterous insect, is manifest, or to the narrow-bodied species of Blattariæ, or Cockroaches, when divested of wings. - Mourning-Cloak Butterfly
Larva Feeding on Willow Leaf, and Chrysalis Suspended from Twig. - Front Part of Body of a Prawn infected, parasites
- The Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus,) Female, from the Side
- Trypanosoma Ziemanni, from the blood of the little owl
Trypanosoma Ziemanni, from the blood of the little owl. The stages shown in Figs. 52–54 are passed inside the gnat. The spiral and pear-shaped bodies of Fig. 54 pass from the gnat’s proboscis into the blood of the little owl, and grow there into the large forms here figured. A, B, and C are females, destined to be fertilized by spermatozoa when swallowed by a gnat. D and E are male Trypanosomes, which will give rise each to eight fertilizing individuals or spermatozoa as shown in Fig. 56—when swallowed by a gnat. - King Snake
- The Surinam Toad
- Lily and Rose
- A Fish-louse (Caligus rapax), Female
- Hyperia galba, Female
- Last Larval Stage of the Common Porcelain Crab
- Two birds watching a bug
- Echidnophaga gallinacea