THE VORACITY OF INSECTS.
As to the voracity of insects Dr. Lintnersnys: —" The larva stage of many insects is ono of incessant feeding. It may be doubted by somo if thev over sleep or even indulge in >' a rest unless disturbed whilo feeding y or during their moulting periods, " when time is demanded for tho changes required in the ensting off of '> a skin distended to its utmost capacity and the formation of a new one capable of further extension. Their voiacionsness and rapid growth may a be shown in tho statement of two facts: A certain flesh-feeding larva will consume in twenty-four hours 8 200 times its original weight; a ' parallel in tho human race would ho an infant-consuming in the lirst day )' of its existence 1500 pounds of nutriment. Therearc caterpillars, which k during their progress lo maturity, within 30 days increase in size '• 10,000 times. To equal this remarkl' able growth, a man at maturity , would have to weigh lorly tons." s Then l)r Liutucr adds: "In view " of such statements, need we wonder that the insect world is so destructive and so potenta power for harm."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5183, 16 November 1895, Page 3
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190THE VORACITY OF INSECTS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5183, 16 November 1895, Page 3
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