. The complete aquarium book; the care and breeding of goldfish and tropical fishes. Aquariums; Goldfish. Fig. 77. Water Strider (Life size) Beetle, it adopts somewhat the same methods of securing its prey, darting over the surface of the water, waiting for the stream to bring down some helpless insect victim that has fallen overboard. They are capable of catching young fishes which come to the surface. Giant Water Bug (Belostomatidce), also known as the Electric Light Bug, is one of our common bugs, both on land and in water. Flying clumsily but strongly before electric lights, or patiently a
. The complete aquarium book; the care and breeding of goldfish and tropical fishes. Aquariums; Goldfish. Fig. 77. Water Strider (Life size) Beetle, it adopts somewhat the same methods of securing its prey, darting over the surface of the water, waiting for the stream to bring down some helpless insect victim that has fallen overboard. They are capable of catching young fishes which come to the surface. Giant Water Bug (Belostomatidce), also known as the Electric Light Bug, is one of our common bugs, both on land and in water. Flying clumsily but strongly before electric lights, or patiently awaiting a victim at the bottom of a pond, the bug is one and the same. They are fiercely predaceous and very powerful. While this is a vicious enemy, it is not one that frequently* gets into the fish tank except by flight, and as only the adults fly they are easily detected by their size. In large outdoor rearing pools or lakes they are a very practical Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Innes, William T. (William Thornton), 1874-1969. New York, Halcyon house
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