American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . A Useful Insect—The Wheel-Bug. Some knowledge of insects is desirable forthe farmer and gardener, if it be only to enablehim to distinguish his friends from his are many insects which are beneficial be-sides those yielding honey aud silk, and theyare useful from the fact that they are carnivo-rous. During a recent visit to a pomologist inDelaware, we saw numbers of the Wheel-bugs,. Fig. 1.—WHEEL-BUG—MALE. Redavius noeenarius, which are so useful in de-stroying caterpillars, that our friend protectsthem with great care.
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . A Useful Insect—The Wheel-Bug. Some knowledge of insects is desirable forthe farmer and gardener, if it be only to enablehim to distinguish his friends from his are many insects which are beneficial be-sides those yielding honey aud silk, and theyare useful from the fact that they are carnivo-rous. During a recent visit to a pomologist inDelaware, we saw numbers of the Wheel-bugs,. Fig. 1.—WHEEL-BUG—MALE. Redavius noeenarius, which are so useful in de-stroying caterpillars, that our friend protectsthem with great care. The insect is striking inappearance, as will be seen from the engravings,of whicli figure 1 is the male, aud fig. 2 is thefemale. The singular form of the insect, togeth-er with the curious semicircular ridge upon itsback, will enable any one to recognize it. Thisridge is marked with protuberances, and givesto the insect the common name of eggs are deposited upon the bark of trees,fences, etc., in a more or less perfectly hexagon-al cluster, as shown in figure 3. The proboscisis long aud sharp, and when not in use, is fold-
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