Insect life; an introduction to nature-study and a guide for teachers, students, and others interested in out-of-door life . otherbirds. They differ from the true lice in having bit-ing mouth-parts, and in feeding upon eitherfeathers, hair, or the skin, while the truelice have sucking mouth-parts and feedupon blood. Fig. 45 represents a specieswhich infests poultry. The name of the order is from twoGreek words : mallos, wool, and phagein,to eat. Although some species infest sheepand goats, feeding upon their wool, by farthe greater number live among the feathers of birds. Order Euplexoptera (E
Insect life; an introduction to nature-study and a guide for teachers, students, and others interested in out-of-door life . otherbirds. They differ from the true lice in having bit-ing mouth-parts, and in feeding upon eitherfeathers, hair, or the skin, while the truelice have sucking mouth-parts and feedupon blood. Fig. 45 represents a specieswhich infests poultry. The name of the order is from twoGreek words : mallos, wool, and phagein,to eat. Although some species infest sheepand goats, feeding upon their wool, by farthe greater number live among the feathers of birds. Order Euplexoptera (Eu-plex-opte-ra).The Earwigs. The members of this order have apparently fourtuings ; the first pair of wJiich are leathery, very stnall,without veins, and ivJien at rest meet in a straight line onthe back; the second pair are large, ivith radiating veins,andzvJien at rest are folded both lengtJiwise and mouth-parts are formed for biting. The caudal endof the body is furnished with a pair of appendages zvhichresemble forceps. The metaniorpJiosis is incomplete. These are long and narrovy insects, resembling.
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