A Treatise On Some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation
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By means of her beak, which is constantly thrust into the bark, she imbibes the sap, by which she is nourished ; she undergoes no change, and never emerges from her habitation. The male becomes a chrysalis or pupa, and about the middle of July completes its transformations, makes its escape from its case, which it leaves at the hinder extremity, and the wings with which it is provided are re- versed over its head during the operation, and are the last Digiti zed by Google 256 HEMIPTEBA. to be e...xtricated. The perfect male is nearly as minute as a point, but a powerful magnifier shows its body to be divided into segments, and endued with all the important parts and functions of a living animal. To the unassisted eye, says Dalman, it appears only as a red atom, but it is furnished with a pair of long whitish wings, long antennae or horns, six legs with their respective joints, and two bristles terminating the tail. This minute insect perforates the middle of the case covering the female, and thus celebrates its nuptials with its invisible partner.
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