The larva of the order lepidoptera are familiar to us all, under the name of caterpillars.
"On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects"
Sir John Lubbock
The caterpillars of lepidoptera have even more extensive modifications to undergo; the mouth of the larva, for instance, being remarkably unlike that of the perfect insect.
"On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects"
Sir John Lubbock
There are ten species of Termites, or white ants, some of gigantic size, and large dragon- flies with speckled wings, like those of the Southern States in North America; there are also grasshoppers of considerable size, and even the lepidoptera are not unrepresented.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell