. Bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Arizona. Poisonous Animals of tiiic Dkskrt 379 "They are also called mule-killers, from the absurd superstition that the dark-colored saliva they eject from their mouths is fatal to the ; There is also about as much reason in this prejudice as there would !)e basis for saying- that the "tobacco juice" of the grass- hopper is a deadly poison. The praying mantis is really a preying mantis. Lying in wait for the insects ujwn which it preys, it uses the long grasping forelegs, borne on the up-reared front part of the body (whence the
. Bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Arizona. Poisonous Animals of tiiic Dkskrt 379 "They are also called mule-killers, from the absurd superstition that the dark-colored saliva they eject from their mouths is fatal to the ; There is also about as much reason in this prejudice as there would !)e basis for saying- that the "tobacco juice" of the grass- hopper is a deadly poison. The praying mantis is really a preying mantis. Lying in wait for the insects ujwn which it preys, it uses the long grasping forelegs, borne on the up-reared front part of the body (whence the name "rear-horse") for seizing the hapless vic- tim. It is distinctly a useful insect and innocent of harm. Indeed, one of these makes a most interesting pet if kept in a small cage and supplied w i t h flies or other small insects. Last of the insects to be mentioned will be certain moth larvae known as flannel moths. These are "woollv cater- pillars" whosti hairs are so Pig. .-).—Flannel moth larvae on English ivy. Thiee-fifths thick and oddly life size. Photograph from life. nrrau^'ed as lO give great resemblance to a bit of flannel. (Fig. 5). Hidden beneath the thick covering of long, soft, harmless hairs, however, are groups of stiff l)ristles or spine-like hairs. These will penetrate and break oft' in the skin, producing a rash much like that caused by a nettle, hence called nettling hairs. Two species of these flannnel moths are known further east, but have not been reported from Arizona. In September, 1917, however, specimens of flannel moths, which may or may not prove to be one of the kinds already known, were sent to the University from Tombstone, by Mrs. Julia R. Axtell, with the report that they had destroyed a fine wall of English ivv, and that "In some way it seems to poison. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these il
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