. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. incurved at the extremity. There are two varieties, in one of which the forceps is twice as long as in the other; but inter- mediate gradations do not seem to be met with. In the female the forceps is narrow, nearly straight, and The earwig is a nocturnal insect, and hides itself during the day in large-headed flowers, like dahlias, to which it is very destructive, or in any convenient dark and narrow crevice, especially among decaying vegetable matter. It derives its n
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. incurved at the extremity. There are two varieties, in one of which the forceps is twice as long as in the other; but inter- mediate gradations do not seem to be met with. In the female the forceps is narrow, nearly straight, and The earwig is a nocturnal insect, and hides itself during the day in large-headed flowers, like dahlias, to which it is very destructive, or in any convenient dark and narrow crevice, especially among decaying vegetable matter. It derives its name from its occasionally entering the human ear, but it may be easih' dri\'en out by dropping in a little olive oil. In most books it is denied that earwigs enter the ear at all, but it is, nevertheless, an undoubted fact; and the fanciful deriva- tion that has been suggested of eariving in Fhato h Blghley STICK-INSECT T^e largEit insect knoivn is a species of stick-insect ^ it is a natii'e cf Borneo^ and measures /^ inches. Phtl, hj Sihdaitk Phuo. Co.] [Parsan'i Crirn WALKING LEAF-INSECTS Nati-z'cs cf the East Indies^ and remarkable Jcr their resemblance to ^reen /cafes the place of carivig cannot be entertained respecting an insect which seldom shows its wings at all. It should be noted that the female earwig is said to tend her young very much as a hen tends her chickens — an uncommon habit in insects. The CciMMON Cockroach is too well known to need description. The individuals with half-developed wings are the perfect females ; but there are other species in which the wings are full}' developed in both sexes, others in which the male is winged and the female wingless, and others again in which both sexes are wingless. In warm countries and on ship-board cockroaches are far more troublesome than in cold climes ; and the large brown ones, with a mark on the back of the thorax resembling a crown, and very broad wing-cases and wings, are called Drummers in the West Indies, f
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