. The biology of insects. Insects -- Biology. ADAPTATIONS TO HAUNTS AND SEASONS 285 often happens, a large assemblage of Anurida collects on the surface of a rock-pool, the little creatures become conspicuous at low water to a keen observer. The mass of blackish springtails may be blown across the surface by the wind, and some members of the crowd climb on to the backs of others or do their best to clamber up the rocks among the crevices and vegetation in which they appear to find their normal homes and feeding-grounds. The Beetles (Coleoptera) are represented among marine. Fig. 71.—a, Seashor
. The biology of insects. Insects -- Biology. ADAPTATIONS TO HAUNTS AND SEASONS 285 often happens, a large assemblage of Anurida collects on the surface of a rock-pool, the little creatures become conspicuous at low water to a keen observer. The mass of blackish springtails may be blown across the surface by the wind, and some members of the crowd climb on to the backs of others or do their best to clamber up the rocks among the crevices and vegetation in which they appear to find their normal homes and feeding-grounds. The Beetles (Coleoptera) are represented among marine. Fig. 71.—a, Seashore Rove-beetle {Micralymma brevipenne), Western Europe, X lo; &, larva; c, pupa (ventral view), X 12. After Laboul- b^ne (Ann. Soc. Etit. Fr. (3) vi, 1858). insects by a number of species belonging to several distinct families. The zone of decaying seaweed at high-water mark is the haunt of various rove-beetles (Staphylinidae) which, with their grub^ feed on the fly-maggots that eat the soft " ; Some members of this family live between tide-marks ; the broad-bodied Micralymma hrevi- penne (Fig. 71), with its reduced wings, may be found lurking in rock-crevices or walking over shingle exposed at the ebb. This species preys on the springtails (Anurida) whose haunts it has invaded. Both its larva and its pupa (Fig. 71, b, c). 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 Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert), 1865-1939. New York, The Macmillan Company
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