The Life-Story of Insects

by George H. Carpenter

The Cambridge Manuals of Science and
Literature

THE LIFE-STORY OF INSECTS

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Frontispiece. Transformation of a Gnat (Culex). Magnified 5 times.

• Larva. (The head is directed downwards and the tail-siphon with spiracle points upwards to the surface of the water.)
• Pupal Cuticle from which the Imago is emerging. (The pair of 'respiratory trumpets' on the thorax of the pupa are conspicuous. The wings of the Imago are crumpled, and the hind feet are not yet withdrawn.)
• Adult Gnat. Female.