Principal household insects of the United States . tates the eggs are found similarlyplaced in the crotches of orchard and shadetrees, and frequently in sufficient numbersto give a reddish color to small of this mite have been receivedfrom a great many sources in the Middleand Eastern States. That they are a nui-sance in houses is due to their habit ofmigrating in the fall, possibly for shelteror in search of food. In the case of houseinvasions the mites will almost invariablybe found to have come from some nearby vegetation, usually from thesurrouuding lawns. After they have
Principal household insects of the United States . tates the eggs are found similarlyplaced in the crotches of orchard and shadetrees, and frequently in sufficient numbersto give a reddish color to small of this mite have been receivedfrom a great many sources in the Middleand Eastern States. That they are a nui-sance in houses is due to their habit ofmigrating in the fall, possibly for shelteror in search of food. In the case of houseinvasions the mites will almost invariablybe found to have come from some nearby vegetation, usually from thesurrouuding lawns. After they have once gained entrance they maybe exterminated by a liberal and abuudant use of insect powders, fumi-gating with burning brimstone, or spraying with benzine, care being-taken, if the latter substance be used, to see that no fire is present. Ifthe invasion be discovered at the very outset, it may be stopped byspraying the sides of the house very liberally with kerosene or by treat-ing the surrounding lawns with a spray of kerosene emulsion. C. L. Fig. 19.—Bryobia pratensis: Newly-hatched larva — greatly enlarged(from Riley arid Mariatt). THE HOUSE CRICKET.{Gryllus (lomesticus Linn.) No insect inhabitants of dwellings are better known than the domesticor hearth crickets, not so much from observation of the insects them-selves as from familiarity with their vibrant, shrilling song notes,which, while thoroughly inharmonious in themselves, arc, partly fromthe difficulty in locating the songster, often given a superstitious sig-nificance and taken, according to the mood of the listener, to be either HOUSE FLIES, CENTIPEDES, AND OTHER INSKCTS. r>3 w a harbinger of good and indicative of cheerfulness and plenty, or togive rise to melancholy and to betoken misfortune. The former ideaprevails, however, and Oowper expresses the common belief that the— Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh,Yet heard in scenes where peace forever reigns, And only there, please highly for th
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