Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2011-12-03 Public domain in the USA. 94 Lubbock, John, Sir 1834 1913 Lubbock, Sir John Lubbock, John, Baron Avebury On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects Reading ease score: 61.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Bryan Ness, Turgut Dincer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects" by Sir John Lubbock is a scientific publication likely written in the late 19th century. The work delves into the classification, anatomy, development, and behaviors of insects, focusing particularly on their metamorphoses and origin. As a significant contribution to entomology, this book aims to bridge the gap between scholarly detail and accessibility for the general reader interested in the fascinating world of insects. The opening of the text discusses the historical context of insect classification and metamorphoses. It introduces the concept that insects undergo four primary life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and imago, but also notes the diversity and complexity of these stages across different insect groups. Lubbock emphasizes the gradual change many insects experience and highlights the differences between various classes, such as Hymenoptera and Diptera, while acknowledging the ongoing disputes within entomological circles regarding their classification. The initial chapter sets the stage for a detailed exploration of insect life, preparing the reader for a deeper examination of the biological principles behind insect development and their evolutionary origins. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Insects Insects -- Development QL Text Animal Animals-Wild-Insects Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 262400 261964 2024-10-16T07:28:12.971608 2023-09-16T13:21:10.507852 text/html text/html 263128 2011-12-03T15:54:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2701760 2011-12-03T15:57:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3197294 2024-10-16T07:28:28.968518 application/epub+zip 3200185 2024-10-16T07:28:20.002555 application/epub+zip 161420 2024-10-16T07:28:15.507560 application/epub+zip 1968567 2024-10-16T07:28:32.988508 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1941557 2024-10-16T07:28:24.743530 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305207 2022-09-17T12:33:52.110603 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201016 2024-10-16T07:28:11.846584 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 201390 2011-12-03T15:45:47 text/plain; charset=utf-8 71813 2011-12-03T15:45:47 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 200294 2011-12-03T15:45:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 71512 2011-12-03T15:45:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 200582 2011-12-03T15:45:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 71397 2011-12-03T15:45:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23567 2024-10-16T07:28:33.124493 application/rdf+xml 16220 2024-10-16T07:28:16.079559 image/jpeg 3684 2024-10-16T07:28:15.791563 image/jpeg 2828230 2024-10-16T07:28:13.082617 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia