The Victorian naturalist (1968) (14596185399)

Identifier: victoriannatura851968luca (find matches)

Title: The Victorian naturalist

Year: 1884 (1880s)

Authors:

Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas

 (1853–1936)   

Alternative names

A.H.S.Lucas; Arthur Henry Shakespeare Luras; A. H. S. Lucas

Description

British botanist and entomologist

Date of birth/death

7 May 1853 

10 June 1936 

Location of birth/death

Stratford-upon-Avon

Albury

Authority control

: Q2865141

VIAF: 3802231

ISNI: 0000 0000 8417 8738

LCCN: n81111921

Botanist: A.H.S.Lucas

Open Library: OL4506631A

WorldCat

creator QS:P170,Q2865141

F. G. A. ‎Barnard

 (1858–1932)  

Alternative names

Francis George Allman Barnard

Description

British pharmacist, naturalist and editor

Date of birth/death

1858 

2 June 1932 

Location of birth/death

Kew

Kew

Authority control

: Q107060473

VIAF: 40699264

LCCN: n81089221

NLA: 36356473

WorldCat

creator QS:P170,Q107060473

Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria

Subjects: Natural history Natural history

Publisher: (Melbourne) Field Naturalists Club of Victoria

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

Text Appearing Before Image:

. The method of progression of thecaterpillars is one of interest; andwhenever I watch this I always tendto imagine myself climbing a treewith a bag of cement tied to my back.The drawings shown in Figure 1 illus-trate the foreleg movements. Afterthese leg movements the case is drawnupwards by a muscular contraction ofthe lower section of the body of thecaterpillar. This procedure is necessarily slow;but it is precise, and with very littlerisk of failure. On one occasion with aSaunders Casemoth, I recorded atime of 20 minutes for a climb of 3feet vertically, on the smooth trunk ofa eucalypt. The active caterpillar is abroadfor about one year, feeding and en-larging the case; and according toLeach in Australian Nature Studies, itis about February that the winglessfemale casemoth protrudes the endof her abdomen from the lower end ofthe case, is fertilized by the wingedmale, and deposits the eggs inside thecase. After five or six weeks, theemergent young lower themselves on July, 1968 201

Text Appearing After Image:

202 Vict. Nat.—Vol. 85 silken threads to the ground, spin forthemselves conical cases of silk lookinglike small dunces caps, and begin thecycle of events once more. During the winter, the case hangsfrom some support reasonably highabove ground. Quite often, one seesthe Saunders Casemoth suspendedfrom overhead wires or roof guttering. I have had the three species shownin the accompanying photographs,under observation since February last.They have not (up to this date) movedfrom their positions which were takenup at the beginning of April. In factI have a feeling that there may be nofurther developments. However, if weare lucky enough to have chosen malesof the species, and maturity is reachedwith the emergence of the moth; weshall have the basis of another articlein this series, for the moths of theselarvae are not often noticed due totheir swift nightly flights, on whichthey batter themselves about in searchof a mate. Heres hoping.

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1968

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