. Nature study and life. Nature study. 76 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE of cracks a good way to trap them is to spread woolen cloths on closet floors, taking them up daily and shaking them over papers. The larvje, if kept in bottles and fed on woolen cloth, may be observed to change into pupae within their last larval skins. The pupa case finally is split open on the back, and a little black beetle emerges. It is about one-seventh of an inch in length and is cov- ered with black, white, and brick-red scales, giving it a mottled appearance. An amusing thing about the larvae is that, if kept in a dry pl
. Nature study and life. Nature study. 76 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE of cracks a good way to trap them is to spread woolen cloths on closet floors, taking them up daily and shaking them over papers. The larvje, if kept in bottles and fed on woolen cloth, may be observed to change into pupae within their last larval skins. The pupa case finally is split open on the back, and a little black beetle emerges. It is about one-seventh of an inch in length and is cov- ered with black, white, and brick-red scales, giving it a mottled appearance. An amusing thing about the larvae is that, if kept in a dry place without any food, they will. h c Fig. 30. Carpet Beetle a, larva, dorsal view ; /', pupa within larval skin ; c, pupa, ventral view; i/, adult. (All enlarged. After Riley) live for an almost indefinite time, feeding on their cast- off skins, , when one gets hungry he sheds his skin and eats it. Great care should be taken to teach the distinction between carpet beetles and our little lady-bird beetles. These latter often come into our houses to pass the winter and are killed by mistake. They are among our best insect friends and may be worth a quarter apiece for destroying plant lice, as we shall see when we come to study insects of the 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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