10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WALKING LEAF»
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walking leaf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Bright Sparks: The
Walking Leaf
Bright Sparks provides staged opportunities for children to learn to read in the early years of schooling.
2
Marvels of Insect Life: A Popular Account of Structure and Habit
Now the male walking-leaf has expansive hind-wings which nearly cover the
hind-body, but the wing-covers are very small. This is not the end of the peculiar
conditions prevailing among these Insects. It must have been noticed that in
nearly ...
THE WALKING LEAF. WHAT'S that?" asked Katy, looking up from the doll-baby
she was dressing. "A walking leaf, did you say?" "Yes, I said a walking leaf,"
replied Uncle Herbert, speaking like one who meant what he said. "I've seen a
leaf fly ...
THE WALKING LEAF. WHAT'S that?" asked Katy, looking up from the doll-baby
she was dressing. "A walking leaf, did you say?" "Yes, I said a walking leaf,"
replied Uncle Herbert, speaking like one who meant what he said. "I've seen a
leaf fly ...
This peculiarity has gained for the fern the popular names of "Walking-leaf" and "
Jumping-fern." Our illustration is drawn from specimens found by the artist, Mr.
W. A. Pearce, in Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. There, many of the streams
...
Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton, Sidney Daryl, Charles Robert Morley, 1902
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Nash's Pall Mall Magazine
This peculiarity has gained for the fern the popular names of "Walking-leaf" and "
Jumping-fern." Our illustration is drawn from specimens found by the artist, Mr.
W. A. Pearce, in Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. There, many of the streams
...
7
Reading book for the use of female schools
THE MANTIS, OR WALKING LEAF. The most curious insect I ever met with is that
called the Walking-leaf. It has four wings : the two upper membranous, or like
parchment ; the two lower folding the body. It has six legs : the front, or foremost, ...
Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, 1839
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The Smaller Majority: The Hidden World of the Animals that ...
... 173, 174 hchyra sp., 70 Kawanaphila (pollen katydids), 192 Leiobliastes laevis
, 10 Lonchitophyllum, 4 Microcentrum, 81 Mimetica crenulata (walking leaf), 74
Mimetica mortuifolia (walking leaf), 75 Mimetica viridis (walking leaf), 74 Neduba
...
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The new international encyclopaedia
LEAF-INSECT, or Walking-Leaf. One of a very remarkable group of insects of the
orthop- terous family Phasmidae, natives of tropical countries, chiefly of the East
Indian region, having wings extremely like leaves, not only in color, but in the ...
Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby, 1905
10
A natural history of the globe: of man, of beasts, birds, ...
THE WALKING LEAF....OF ZOOPHYTES. 223 . THE WALKING LEAF. This is a
most remarkable insect, and is found in China. Its head is placed on a neck
longer than the body itself, and is shaped like an awl, with two polished eyes, and
two ...
Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (comte de), John Wright (F.Z.S.), 1831
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WALKING LEAF»
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walking leaf is used in the context of the following news items.
Wild on WANE: Big Bugs
Among them is heteropteryx dilatata, also known as the Malaysian Walking Leaf. When you spot these insects, they may not move much – they're nocturnal. «WANE, Jul 15»
UPLB scientists name new insect after Bonifacio
THIS newly discovered insect, the “walking leaf,” was named after Andres Bonifacio following its discovery in 2013, when the Philippines commemorated the ... «Inquirer.net, Dec 14»
Can you spot nature's masters of disguise?
A huge walking leaf insect in the Cameron Highlands, western Malaysia. Some animals are still difficult to see even under the close-up lens of a camera, proving ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
What's New This Month in Animal Crossing: New Leaf – July
The official Animal Crossing: New Leaf website has only one event listed for this ... You can catch a walking leaf by looking on the ground from 8am – 5pm. «diehard gamefan, Jul 13»
