. Insects affecting domestic animals [microform] : an account of the species of importance in North America, with mention of related forms occurring on other animals. Parasites; Insects, Injurious and beneficial; Animaux domestiques; Insectes nuisibles. SIPHONAPTERA. 151 and their egjis maybe found adhering very loosely to the hairs of these animaKs. They drop oif, however, at the slightest touch, and must therefore be distributed in a groat variety of'nlaces besides the sleep- ing places of their hosts, which would naturally receive the greater number. Dr. suggests that for exi)erimen
. Insects affecting domestic animals [microform] : an account of the species of importance in North America, with mention of related forms occurring on other animals. Parasites; Insects, Injurious and beneficial; Animaux domestiques; Insectes nuisibles. SIPHONAPTERA. 151 and their egjis maybe found adhering very loosely to the hairs of these animaKs. They drop oif, however, at the slightest touch, and must therefore be distributed in a groat variety of'nlaces besides the sleep- ing places of their hosts, which would naturally receive the greater number. Dr. suggests that for exi)erimenter8 who may wish to follow cmt for themselves the life history of the species an easy way to collect tlui eggs is to lay a strip of cloth or carpet for the animal to lie and sleep upon, and afterwards to brush the cloth into a receptacde, in which the eggs will be found in numbers if the animal is infested. Verrill gives the following condensed account of the life history of this species: Tho fomiilo cat Hoa layH her oggs among tljo fur of the cat, to whifh they are but sliglitly attached. These eg^^s aro very Hiiiall, white, and long oval. As the cat WiilkH t>r runs about, the eggs are constantly being Hcattered around, often in great numbers. On one occasion I was able to collect fully a tea- Bpoonful of these eggs from the dress of a lady in whose lap a half-grown kitten had been held for a short time. The places wLere cats sleep lie- come well tilleil with eggs. These liatch in about two weeks into little, white, footless, nuiggot- liko larva', whi<hhave small tufts of hairs along the sides. They are at first about one-sixteenth of an inch long. The head is pale yellow and the i)08terior end of tlie body bears two spines. These larvae feed upon decaying i)artieles of ani- nuil and vegetable nuvtter always to be found in the ans of their hairs and spines. Tliey grow rajiidly in wjirm weather, ami in aiiout twelve days, when they mature, sjtin a slight silken coeiion a
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