feeding-habits

Updated: May 8, 2025

The length of the breathing-tube is correlated with the feeding-habits of the larvæ. The last segment has at its tip four thin flat plates, the tracheal gills. These too are larger or smaller according to the habits of the larvæ.

Rennie Wilbur Doane - Insects and Diseases : A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread : or Cause some of our Common Diseases