The entomologist's text book : an introduction to the natural history, structure, physiology and classification of insects, including the Crustacea and Arachnida . roperty being in some measure or other liable to be injuredby them. Our clothes, and other woollen productions, aredevoured by the larvae of various species of clothes-moths,which not only feed thereon, but also form for themselvescoverings of the same materials; and the richest furs aresubject to the attacks of a similar insect; whilst our mu-seums are equally ravaged by the Dermestes and furniture is often completely
The entomologist's text book : an introduction to the natural history, structure, physiology and classification of insects, including the Crustacea and Arachnida . roperty being in some measure or other liable to be injuredby them. Our clothes, and other woollen productions, aredevoured by the larvae of various species of clothes-moths,which not only feed thereon, but also form for themselvescoverings of the same materials; and the richest furs aresubject to the attacks of a similar insect; whilst our mu-seums are equally ravaged by the Dermestes and furniture is often completely destroyed by the timber-boring beetles and death-watches {Anohium); and somespecies of white ants, in warm climates, are so destructive inthis respect, that if a chair or table be suffered to remain fora time in the same situation, the interior substance mil becompletely consumed, nothing remaining but the outsideshell, which the insect has the instinct to leave entire. Thelast-named insects may indeed be regarded as amongst themost destructive of our insect enemies, since they scarcelyleave any article untouched. Ants also are, in warm ch- 22 Aita cephalotes, the visiting ant of theWest Indies. mates, almost as destructive;and, even in qui- own coun-try, one of the smallest spe-cies of ants {Myrmica unifa-sciata) has increased to suchan extent in certain parts ofLondon, and some othertovvTis, devouring all kinds ofarticles, that the inhabitantshave been compelled to quittheir abodes. Our provisions are also not less liable to the attacksof insects; bread and flour are devoured by the blattse andmeal-worms, and we have seen ship-biscuit swarming tosuch a degree with the grubs of a species of Anobium as tobe worse than useless. The Dermestes feed upon our driedmeats. Cheese is attacked by mites, and the cheese-fly,the grubs of which are termed cheese-hoppers, from theirsingular motions. Our granaries are ravaged by the cornweevil and by the larvae of a species of
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