The Croton Bug, adult form with wings spread.

Croton

The Croton Bug, adult form with wings spread.

The Croton Bug, first stage.

Croton

The Croton Bug, first stage.

The Croton Bug, second stage.

Croton

The Croton Bug, second stage.

The Croton Bug, third stage.

Croton

The Croton Bug, third stage.

The Croton Bug, fourth stage.

Croton

The Croton Bug, fourth stage.

The Croton Bug, adult.

Croton

The Croton Bug, adult.

The Croton Bug, adult.

Croton

The Croton Bug, adult.

The Croton Bug, egg-case.

Croton

The Croton Bug, egg-case.

"The adult dragon-fly coming out of the nymph."

Libellula Emerging

"The adult dragon-fly coming out of the nymph."

The male forficula taeniata.

Earwig

The male forficula taeniata.

The female forficula taeniata.

Earwig

The female forficula taeniata.

"An insect among the Neuroptera, which undergo incomplete metamorphoses. These flutter about the banks of rivers and settle on stones, shrubs and aquatic plants."

Larva of Nemoura

"An insect among the Neuroptera, which undergo incomplete metamorphoses. These flutter about the banks…

"The adult lives only a few days, for its mouth is not suited for receiving food."

Perla Bicaudata

"The adult lives only a few days, for its mouth is not suited for receiving food."

"An insect among the Neuroptera, which undergo incomplete metamorphoses. These flutter about the banks of rivers and settle on stones, shrubs and aquatic plants."

Larva of Perla Bicaudata

"An insect among the Neuroptera, which undergo incomplete metamorphoses. These flutter about the banks…

"An insect among the Neuroptera, which undergo incomplete metamorphoses. These flutter about the banks of rivers and settle on stones, shrubs and aquatic plants."

Larva of Perla Marginata

"An insect among the Neuroptera, which undergo incomplete metamorphoses. These flutter about the banks…

"The female attains to six inches in length, and weighs as much as thirty thousand workers. It is an increase in the size of the abdomen alone. She produces sixty eggs a minute, more than eighty thousand a day."

Termes Lucifugus, Female

"The female attains to six inches in length, and weighs as much as thirty thousand workers. It is an…

"The male weighs as much as thirty workers, and attains the length of nearly four-fifths of an inch."

Termes Lucifugus, Male

"The male weighs as much as thirty workers, and attains the length of nearly four-fifths of an inch."

"The soldiers are twice as long, and weigh as much as fifteen workers. They may be distinguished by their horned head and sharp pincers."

Termes Lucifugus, Soldier

"The soldiers are twice as long, and weigh as much as fifteen workers. They may be distinguished by…

"The workers are one fifth of an inch long; the body soft and of extreme delicacy, but the sharp mandibles are capable of attacking the hardest bodies."

Termes Lucifugus, Worker

"The workers are one fifth of an inch long; the body soft and of extreme delicacy, but the sharp mandibles…

A class of insects confined chiefly to the tropics. They resemble in their mode of life the true ants, but belong to a different order. Most species make their nests on the ground, but some build their dwellings among the brances of trees.

Termites

A class of insects confined chiefly to the tropics. They resemble in their mode of life the true ants,…