. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. THE COCKCIIAFFER. 467 5ij»' ^fy 'ht We now come to the Lainollicora beetles, so culled from the beautiful plates or lamella^Avluch decorate the antennae. This femily includes a vast number of species many of which, as for examp e, the Common Cockchafter, are extremely hurtful t(^ vegetation both m the larval and adult form. In this family are found the most m.^anti^ specimens of the Coleoptera some of which look more liko crabs than beetles, so°huae
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. THE COCKCIIAFFER. 467 5ij»' ^fy 'ht We now come to the Lainollicora beetles, so culled from the beautiful plates or lamella^Avluch decorate the antennae. This femily includes a vast number of species many of which, as for examp e, the Common Cockchafter, are extremely hurtful t(^ vegetation both m the larval and adult form. In this family are found the most m.^anti^ specimens of the Coleoptera some of which look more liko crabs than beetles, so°huae are they and so bizarre are their shapes. In all these creatures the lamella3 are larger p M more beautitul in the female than in the male insect The Common COCKCHAFFEB is too familiar to need any description of its personal appearance, but the history of its lite is not so widely known as its aspect The mother beetle commences operations by depositing the eggs in the ground, whe/e in good time the young are hatched. The grubs are unsightly looking objects, having the end of the body so curved that the creatures cannot cra\Nl in the ordinary fashion, but are obliged to lie on their sides. They are furnished with two terribly trenchant jaws like curved shears and immediately set to work at their destructive labours They feed niostly upon the roots of grasses and other plants, and when in great numbei-s have been known to rum an entire harvest. To turf they are especially destructive shearing away the roots with their scissor-like jaws and killin" the vege- tation so effectually that the turf withers, turns yellow, then brown, and can be taken up 111! I'll r^5^^. -i-.:5-^>Q^ COCKCHAFFER.â.Wc(o?o(i(Ao vulgaris. STAG BEETLE.âiHcottus m-vut. i0 1 w r^ '"'^- S^vei'al birds, among which the rooks, crows, and blackbirds are om best allies, are very lond of these grubs, which are little more than soft lumps of fat enclosed in a thin but tough skm, and by the aid of t
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