Insects Abroad: Being a Popular Account of Foreign Insects, Their Structure, Habits, and Transformations (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Insects Abroad: Being a Popular Account of Foreign Insects, Their Structure, Habits, and TransformationsThe object of this work is two - fold, first to show the great and important part played by Insects in the economy of the world, and the extreme value to mankind of those insects which we are accustomed to call Destructives, and next to note the wonderful modifications of structure which enable the insects to fulfil their mission, and the surpassing beauty with which many of them are endowed.Incidentally, many interesting points connected with insect life are described, as, for example, the manner in which many of them directly support human life by furnishing food, or being themselves eaten.Thus Bees not only furnish honey, but in several countries are themselves eaten while in the state Of grub-dom, together with the bee - bread which has been laid up in the cells. Several Wasp larvae share the same fate.Then, there are the Locusts, which, although they destroy vegetable life, are in many parts of the world invaluable in preserving animal life, by furnishing food, not only to man, but to beasts, birds, and reptiles. Termites, again, form a favourite article of food in almost every country where they are found, while in Australia, the fat-bodied Butter¿y popularly called the Bugong Moth, affords nourishment to thousands of the natives, and in a few weeks changes them from starvelings into plump and contented beings. The Dragon Flies are employed in the same manner in the same country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.