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Show Insect Processions. Among tho curious sights sometimes some-times witnessed by entomologists oro tho "processions" formed by tho lar-voo lar-voo of n moth Inhabiting plno trees In Bomo parts of France. They march In ulnglo fllo, nnd tho lender spina a thread which Is added to by Its followers. follow-ers. A pi-ocesRlon consisting of 114 of theso lnrvno was seen lust April In tho woods near Areachon. Tho processions pro-cessions aro formed both nt night, when tho creatures mako excursions from their nest to feed on tho young leaves, and In tho daytime, when they descend to tho giound to seek n place In tho sand where they may burrow nnd pass to tho pupa Btago. A kind of II y wns observed attacking the procession above mentioned, to lay Its eggs In the mm chine hirvao. |
