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CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

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ITHE COWS THAT ANTS MILK	1

	A BRANCH OF THE FAMILY TREE	3
	WORN-OUT MOTHER	5
	BUDDING MOTHER	9
	WINGED FEMALE	11
	UNNATURAL LODGER	12
	A TRAGIC ENEMY	14
	AN ANT MILKING A ROSE-APHIS	16
	A COMIC ENEMY	21

IIA PLANT THAT MELTS ICE	25

	LEAVES OF SOLDANELLA	33
	BUD BEGINNING TO MELT ITS WAY UP	34
	BUD ENCLOSED IN A GLOBE OF AIR	35
	FLOWER REACHING SURFACE OF ICE	36
	FLOWER VISITED BY A BEE	37
	A GROUP OF FLOWERS PROTRUDING THROUGH ICE	39
	A PAIR OF FLOWERS WHICH HAVE FAILED	41

IIIA BEAST OF PREY	47

	COCOON OF YOUNG SPIDERS	49
	YOUNG SPIDERLINGS CASTING FIRST THREADS	52
	BABY SPIDER IN ITS FIRST SNARE	53
	ROSALIND’S SPINNERETS	56
	FOOT, CLAWS, AND FACE OF SPIDER	57
	ROSALIND ON HER WAY TO BLOW-FLY	62
	ROSALIND TRUNDLING BLOW-FLY	63
	A SPIDER CHANGING ITS CLOTHES	65
	ROSALIND AND HER SUITORS	67

IVA WOODLAND TRAGEDY	71

	THE BUTCHER-BIRD	74
	THE BUTCHER-BIRD’S WIFE	75
	PART OF HIS LARDER	76
	HIS WIFE IMPALING A HARVEST-MOUSE	79
	BEETLES AND FIELD-MOUSE	84
	“I WANT THAT FLY”	86
	THE WIFE ON HER NEST	87

VMARRIAGE AMONG THE CLOVERS	94

	FEMALE BEGONIA FLOWERS	96
	THE SEED-BAG	98
	FLOWERS IN BUD	99
	MALE FLOWER, FRONT VIEW	100
	MALE FLOWER, BACK VIEW	101
	DUTCH CLOVER IN SIX ASPECTS	105, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113
	STRAWBERRY CLOVER IN FIVE ASPECTS	115, 116, 117, 118, 119

VITHOSE HORRID EARWIGS	121

	PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN	124
	PORTRAIT OF A LADY	125
	WITH WINGS EXPANDED	128
	BEGINNING TO CLOSE	129
	SEVEN FURTHER STAGES	130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136
	THE TAIL HELPS	137
	THE USE OF THE PINCERS	138
	THE TAIL STRAIGHTENED AGAIN	139
	THE WING BENEATH THE WING-CASE	140
	THE WING-CASE RAISED	141
	SITTING ON HER EGGS	142
	HER BROOD OF CHICKS	143
	CAMPODEA	144
	THE EARWIG’S MOUTH	145

VIITHE FIRST PAPER-MAKER	148

	FAMILY PORTRAITS	150
	THE CITY, TWO DAYS OLD	156
	THE CITY, FIVE DAYS OLD	157
	THE CITY, FIFTEEN DAYS OLD	158
	NEST OF TREE WASP, TWO ASPECTS	164, 165
	WASP’S HEAD IN FIVE ASPECTS	168, 169, 170, 171, 172
	QUEEN WASP WITH FOLDED WINGS	173
	PART OF TWO WINGS	174
	THE POISON-BAG	175
	DARTS MAGNIFIED	176
	THE WASP’S BRUSH AND COMB	176
	TUCKS IN THE SEGMENTS	177

VIIIABIDING CITIES	179

	A WOOD ANTS’ NEST, EXTERIOR	180
	A WOOD ANTS’ NEST, INTERIOR	181
	“LET’S GO SLAVE-HUNTING”	186
	A SLAVE-HUNT	189
	PAYING OFF OLD SCORES	190
	A LONG PULL AND A STRONG PULL	191
	THE GARDEN ANT	194
	HEAD OF GARDEN ANT	196, 197
	THE ANT’S BRUSH AND COMB	199

IXA FROZEN WORLD	204

	THE GREAT POND-SNAIL IN SUMMER	212
	THE GREAT POND-SNAIL IN WINTER	213
	THE CURLED POND-WEED PRODUCING SHOOTS	214
	THE SHOOTS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER FROST	215, 216, 217
	THE WHIRLIGIG BEETLE DANCING AND SLEEPING	221, 223
	THE FROGBIT IN SUMMER AND WINTER	225, 227
	ITS BUDS RISING IN SPRING	229

XBRITISH BLOODSUCKERS	232

	THE MOSQUITO’S EGG-RAFT, IN TWO ASPECTS	236, 237
	THE EGGS HATCHING AND YOUNG ESCAPING	238
	THE MOSQUITO LARVA STANDING ON HIS HEAD	239
	THE LARVA’S BREATHING-TUBE	241
	THE CHRYSALIS BREATHING	242
	THE MOSQUITO EMERGES	244
	AND MAKES A BOAT OF HER OLD SKIN	246
	HEADS OF MOSQUITOES	247
	THE GADFLY	252
	HIS LANCETS	254
	AND THEIR CUTTING EDGES	256

XIA VERY INTELLIGENT PLANT	258

	THE BABY GORSE PLANT	262
	AT ONE WEEK OLD	263
	OUTGROWING ITS INFANT STAGE	266
	THE YOUNG SHRUB BEGINS TO ARM ITSELF	267
	THE GENISTA	268
	THE BROOM	269
	PROTECTING THE BUDS	270
	THE GREAT-COAT	271
	THE FLOWER, HALF OPENED	276
	DISCHARGING POLLEN-SHOWERS	277
	THE POD, WITH BEANS	280
	THE POD, AFTER DISCHARGING BEANS	281

XIIA FOREIGN INVASION OF ENGLAND	284

	AN INVALID BARLEY PLANT	288
	THE SOURCE OF THE MISCHIEF	289
	THE GRUB AT WORK	290
	SEVEN WELL-FAVOURED EARS	292
	SEVEN LEAN EARS	293
	THE GRUB TURNING ROUND	295
	THE CLIMBING PUPA	299
	THE PUPA COMES OUT	300
	AND THE FLY COMES OUT OF IT	301
	ANTENNÆ FREE!	302
	WINGS FREE!	303
	NOW FOR THE LEGS!	304
	THE LAST PULL	305
	HANGING HERSELF UP TO DRY	306
	WILY ENEMY LAYING HER EGGS	311

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