. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. f Tht Btd-Bug Painiljr Life History of the Bed-Bug (i 'ux Ucluhu a y Slovenly man hjs carried this ahomipabie bu- to all p irts of the civilized wo-Id. â¢â¢ Tot. orbn' ^ ,he !,.. onu expression of Its geographic given by Lethierry and Vverin. It has be- come a tn,r .1 nestic animal and has . itself well to the environm. !i
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. f Tht Btd-Bug Painiljr Life History of the Bed-Bug (i 'ux Ucluhu a y Slovenly man hjs carried this ahomipabie bu- to all p irts of the civilized wo-Id. â¢â¢ Tot. orbn' ^ ,he !,.. onu expression of Its geographic given by Lethierry and Vverin. It has be- come a tn,r .1 nestic animal and has . itself well to the environm. !if of human ha^^nations. It has lost its wm^s but has d .1 li.,; hody -hi^h enables 11 to fiidc m the narrowest CMcks of btds and walls. I has Rained the power ol subsisting almost indr' â iiiely " thoh lood. waiting for its with a patience far .surpassng that of Job. The eggs of the bed-bug .re m'nute white oval objects each having a rrojectiiu rim an,md one end. They arc laid In cluster-; in sich iievices as are .i>ed by th^- rnaiu-c biii/'. >,r roi'cal- nwnt, and »â . .h iM^^r ^ from six to 1 tu eggs Tif eggs hatch in abuj' ^ht and the young Inig p !â .: cs ufl I'h lid en- closed within thi projeciiiig rim at the end of the egg. At first the new-born insect is yellowish-white and v transparent, but becomes alter it feeds rid grows until the color of the matuie and well-fed insect is! xn. is shed five times and with the last molt the wing pads characteiistic of the adult become apparent. The period of growth from egg to adult varies grc itly with the temperature and the food supply. Marlatt has rt red them under favorable conditions (feeding them upon the and blood of a complaisant assistant) in seven weeks, but without food they mav umain unchanged for many w cks. Or linaril but one meal is taken between molts, so that .it least five full meals must be taken before maturity and at lea
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