Dwellers of the sea and Dwellers of the sea and shore . dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 Feathers and Feelers 147 Seating ourselves In the shade of a thatch clump, better to observe the industrious folk about us, our inactivity is almost immediately productive of fruitful results, but of a kind not exactly agreeable. With irritating persistency a large green-eyed fly attempts to settle upon some vulnerable part of our body. We make haste, however, to drive it away as soon as we A STAPHYLINID, OR SCAVENGER BEETLE. THIS INSECT LIVES ON THE DECAYING MATTER AT THE HIGH-TIDE MARK. recognize it
Dwellers of the sea and Dwellers of the sea and shore . dwellersofseasho00crow Year: 1935 Feathers and Feelers 147 Seating ourselves In the shade of a thatch clump, better to observe the industrious folk about us, our inactivity is almost immediately productive of fruitful results, but of a kind not exactly agreeable. With irritating persistency a large green-eyed fly attempts to settle upon some vulnerable part of our body. We make haste, however, to drive it away as soon as we A STAPHYLINID, OR SCAVENGER BEETLE. THIS INSECT LIVES ON THE DECAYING MATTER AT THE HIGH-TIDE MARK. recognize it. For it is Tabaniis costalis, and its painful drill is something to be avoided. Notwithstanding that Tabanus Is a true fly, or Dipteron, and is gifted with a powerful pair of wings that enables it to roam wher- ever It may list, this species Is rarely found elsewhere than In the neighborhood of the sea. Its larval life Is spent In the rich, muddy soil of salt marshes, where It feeds only on decaying plant remains. x\t this period
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