Note 6 — Chapter IV · THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: THE IMMUNITY OF LARVÆ
Bernard Miall translation
These latter include various Orthoptera,6 the Tryxalis, the Grey Locust, the White-faced Decticus, the Mole-cricket, the Mantis. As we have already seen, all these succumb when struck by the Scorpion’s sting. Now, in their group, the complete development essential to the festival of the pairing is preceded by a transition-form which, without being actually larval, and presenting no likeness whatever to the adult, constitutes an inferior stage, a step towards the marriageable.