. 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. FAMILIES MICROPEZID/R. SHPSID/E, PSIUD/E AND 'DlOPSIDAi. The Micropc/iJ llios are slender. d;irk creatures of a good size with a few spots on the wings. Tt .v are rather awkward in shape, their legs being long, and thev are not common. Nothing IS known of their metamorphoses, but they are cap- tured upon decayin',' and foul vegetable and animal mat
. 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. FAMILIES MICROPEZID/R. SHPSID/E, PSIUD/E AND 'DlOPSIDAi. The Micropc/iJ llios are slender. d;irk creatures of a good size with a few spots on the wings. Tt .v are rather awkward in shape, their legs being long, and thev are not common. Nothing IS known of their metamorphoses, but they are cap- tured upon decayin',' and foul vegetable and animal matter The Sepsid* comprise a series of small. fr,.,,,.cntlv shining black flies, of rather slender form, which breed, as a rule in decaying vegetable material or in dung. The little shining black. Fig. loj, -Sep^is > Author's illin/ratimt.) species of the genus Piophila. however, breed in cheese, fat, and in other fatty or spoiled and decaying animal matter. The little maggot known as the "cheese skipper" is the larva of Piophila i-asci Linn. This insect frequently docs damage in packing establishments. The eggs are laid in compact clusters of from live to lifteen, or are scattered singly, hach female lays about thirty eggs. The egg is white, slender, slightiv curved, one millimeter long, and hatches in thirty-six hours. The larva I7Q 'I - » i v*.' w. 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 Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs
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