. Elementary entomology. Entomology. 'JHE BEETLES 167 habits. Some of them are parasitic in the nests of bees, while tlie more common forms hve on the eggs of grasshoppers, which they devour in large numbers, and are quite bene- ficial in spite of the bad habits which they later acquire as adults. The Snout-Beetles {Rhynchophora) In this suborder the head is prolonged into a long snout, giving the names "snout- beetles " "bill-bugs," "weevils," and "cur- culios" to many of the common forms. The body is. Fig. 248. The straw- berry weevil. (Greatly enlarge
. Elementary entomology. Entomology. 'JHE BEETLES 167 habits. Some of them are parasitic in the nests of bees, while tlie more common forms hve on the eggs of grasshoppers, which they devour in large numbers, and are quite bene- ficial in spite of the bad habits which they later acquire as adults. The Snout-Beetles {Rhynchophora) In this suborder the head is prolonged into a long snout, giving the names "snout- beetles " "bill-bugs," "weevils," and "cur- culios" to many of the common forms. The body is. Fig. 248. The straw- berry weevil. (Greatly enlarged) (After Riley) strongly com- pact, usually well rounded above, and is more or less covered with scales. The antennae arise from either side of the snout, are bent for- ward, or "elbowed," and end in a club. The larvae are soft, foot- less, wrinkled, whitish grubs, with brown head, often thinly covered with short, bristly hair, and live mostly in fruits, nuts, or seeds, or under bark, though a few live on vegetation externally. All of the families attack plants and are therefore more or less 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Boston, Ginn
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