. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. Beneficial Insects. We need all the helps we can get in destroying noxious insects, and only those who haye studied their life are aware of the important part the carnivorous insects take in keeping the vegetable-feeding ones in check. And if with the aid of illustrations and descrip- tions we can make the more common ones plain enough to be recognized by the observing farmer and gardener, they will soon learn to know all friends from foes, so that they may protect and encourage these helpers in the work
. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. Beneficial Insects. We need all the helps we can get in destroying noxious insects, and only those who haye studied their life are aware of the important part the carnivorous insects take in keeping the vegetable-feeding ones in check. And if with the aid of illustrations and descrip- tions we can make the more common ones plain enough to be recognized by the observing farmer and gardener, they will soon learn to know all friends from foes, so that they may protect and encourage these helpers in the work of destroying the pests of the farm and garden. The Out-worms are among the most grievous annoyances that the gardener has to contend with, and from their habit of Yig. 164.—caiosoma cAiiDtJM. burrowing in the ground dur- "• ^"^^ > *. Beetle, ing the day they often escape the parasitic hymenoptera that fly in the day-time. But they cannot escape the ferocious Lion-beetle (Calosoma calidum), whose main business in life is to hunt and devour them ; a, in figure 164, shows the larva ; b, the perfect beetle. This beauti- ful beetle is about an inch in length, and glossy black, with three rows of gold-colored indented dots running along the entire length of the wing-case. These beetles hunt mostly in the night when the Cut-worms have come forth to feed on the tender vegetation, so we most often see our gold spangled Lion on damp, cloudy (283). 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 Treat, Mary, b. 1835. New York, Orange Judd
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