Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . dart rapidly toattack any passing fishesor frogs. The victim isclasped by the bugs fore-legs, and the deadly beakplunged into the is not a case of takingtoll merely of the victimsblood, as in the case ofmany other sucking In-sects ; it is speedilyfollowed by the death ofthe bugs victim. Thisappears to be due to a co-pious supply of liquid fromaround the base of thebeak, which finds its wayinto the puncture. Locyhas traced this to a pairof glands in the head ofthe giant water-bug. Itssecretion, he says, pro-duces dea
Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . dart rapidly toattack any passing fishesor frogs. The victim isclasped by the bugs fore-legs, and the deadly beakplunged into the is not a case of takingtoll merely of the victimsblood, as in the case ofmany other sucking In-sects ; it is speedilyfollowed by the death ofthe bugs victim. Thisappears to be due to a co-pious supply of liquid fromaround the base of thebeak, which finds its wayinto the puncture. Locyhas traced this to a pairof glands in the head ofthe giant water-bug. Itssecretion, he says, pro-duces death very quicklywhen introduced on aneedle-point into the bod\of an Insect. A species very likethe giant inhabits similarsituations in India andChina.^ Thouirh often. Soldier SaCba Ant. [E. Step, In the iKSt of the leaf-cutters there are se\eral distinct grades of workers, ranging fromvery small to very large. The present photograph shows the largest of these, with verylarge head anti jaws. It has been called a soldier, but there does not appear to be anyjustificatioii for thi- title. Magnified fonr times. confusedspecies, it may be distinguished by its pale yellowish colour,inferior length—three and a-quarter inches. The colossus,* aand Central America, is a darker and more heavilv-built Insect,body coarsely wrinkled and granulated, and the fore-part with the formerand its rathernative of Cubawith the fore-crossed by a deep bent, depressed line. As is the case with the entire family of bugs, (here isno caterpillar or grub stage. - P>. amcricana. * B. indica. ?• B. colossicum.
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