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... cocoon ; a naked chrysalid . 3. Antennae slender , swollen at the tip to form a club . 4. Body relatively slender in proportion to wings ( except Skippers ) 5. Diurnal ( active in the daytime ) . 6. Hind wing coupled to forewing by the ...
... cocoon ; a naked chrysalid . 3. Antennae slender , swollen at the tip to form a club . 4. Body relatively slender in proportion to wings ( except Skippers ) 5. Diurnal ( active in the daytime ) . 6. Hind wing coupled to forewing by the ...
Page 62
... cocoon which she was fondling fall accidentally into a cup of hot tea . As she retrieved it , she discovered the strands of the cocoon when they became loose between her fingers . She experi- mented with the weaving of this fiber and ...
... cocoon which she was fondling fall accidentally into a cup of hot tea . As she retrieved it , she discovered the strands of the cocoon when they became loose between her fingers . She experi- mented with the weaving of this fiber and ...
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... cocoon . Feeding activity goes on pri- marily at night . With a wing span of approximately 134 inches the moths are generally light brown with darker speckles throughout the upper surface . A portion of the speckles are organized into ...
... cocoon . Feeding activity goes on pri- marily at night . With a wing span of approximately 134 inches the moths are generally light brown with darker speckles throughout the upper surface . A portion of the speckles are organized into ...
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a.-adult abdomen adults Angeles Basin antennae ants aphids aquatic areas arthropods b.-larva bees Beetles Family biology bite body brown burrow butterfly Calif California canyons caterpillars Characteristic insect Coast Live Oak Cockroach cocoon color common conspicuous Cricket Cutworm dark develop disease eggs elongate Entomol Eremobates feed female Figure Flea Flies Family flowers fore wings garden grasshoppers green ground habits hairs head hind wings host House Fly Human Louse inch long infest Katydid large numbers larvae legs light live Los Angeles Basin Louse male mantids mature Mites Mosquito Moths Family Mountains mouthparts nest nymphs occur organic pair parasitic pests prey prothorax pupa pupate REFERENCE San Gabriel San Gabriel Mountains Santa Monica Mountains scale insects Scorpion segment silk skin slender soil species specimens Spiders spots sting surface tarantula Termite thorax tick trees Univ usually Vector vegetation wasps Weevil Western wood yellow Yucca