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Larvæ in Burrows. Two Other Species in Background.
They are true children of the earth. The eggs are laid in the earth, and in the earth the grubs are hatched, and in the earth they spend their days, and in the earth they prepare their shrouds, and, wrapped therein, sleep their pupa-sleep through the long, dreary winter, and with the returning warmth of spring crawl out of their earthy chambers to run and sport on earth, seldom using their new-formed wings to fly away from their beloved mother.

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Intelligence in Plants and Animals
Thomas George Gentry
Published 1900
Available from gutenberg.org

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Saturday 20 February 2021

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Animal Housing, Insects

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