Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] THE BEETLES 167 habits. Some of them are parasitic in the nests of bees, while the more common forms live on the eggs of grasshoppers, which they devour in large numbers, and are quite bene- ficial in spite of the bad habits which they later acquire as adults. THE SNOUT-BEETLES (RHYNCHOPHORA) In this suborder the head is prolonged into a long snout, giving the names ' snout- beetles ' 'bill-bugs,' 'weevils,' and 'cur- culios' to many of the common forms. The body is enlarged) (After Riley) FIG. 248
Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] THE BEETLES 167 habits. Some of them are parasitic in the nests of bees, while the more common forms live on the eggs of grasshoppers, which they devour in large numbers, and are quite bene- ficial in spite of the bad habits which they later acquire as adults. THE SNOUT-BEETLES (RHYNCHOPHORA) In this suborder the head is prolonged into a long snout, giving the names ' snout- beetles ' 'bill-bugs,' 'weevils,' and 'cur- culios' to many of the common forms. The body is enlarged) (After Riley) FIG. 248. The straw- strongly com- berry weevil. (Greatly R pnlareredl J well rounded above, and is more or less covered with scales. The antennae arise from either side of the snout, are bent for- ward, or 'elbowed,' and end in a club. The larvae are soft, foot- less, wrinkled, whitish grubs, with brown head, often thinly covered with short, bristly hair, and live mostly in fruits, nuts, or seeds, or under bark, though a few live on vegetation externally. All of the families attack plants and are therefore more or less injurious, some of our most troublesome pests being found in this series. Though there are common ex- amples of several other families, only three families are suffi- ciently numerous to warrant mention. The curculios (Curculionidae) are the most typical as well as the FIG. 250. Head and mouth-parts of the boll weevil larva largest family of the suborder,
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