The Life of an Insect being a history of the changes of insects from the egg to the perfect being.
Chapter VI.--_Preparation for a Change._--Age of the
Larva--its attempts at concealment--Cocoons of Larvæ--Silk-Worm Cocoon--Extraordinary precaution of a Larva--Case of Bark-skin--Anecdote of a Larva--Suspension of the Larva, horizontally and perpendicularly--Larva of Meat-Fly--Last action of the Larva 194