. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1140. Tent-caterpi A , dipterous insect. bees and ants hear sounds too shrill for our ears. In- sects have no true voice, but produce various noises me- chanically, either by rapid movements of their wings, which causes the humming of bees and flies, or by fri
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1140. Tent-caterpi A , dipterous insect. bees and ants hear sounds too shrill for our ears. In- sects have no true voice, but produce various noises me- chanically, either by rapid movements of their wings, which causes the humming of bees and flies, or by fric- tion between roughened surfaces on the body or its ap- pendages, thus producing the rasping sounds or shrill cries of some crickets and grasshoppers. The house-fly hums on F, thus vibrating its wings 335 times in a second, while the wing tone of the honey-bee is A. Usually the males are the musicians tin- Insect world, but it is th. I'. male of the familiar nn'sijuiio which does the singing, iind the "biting" also. The male mosquito doubtless hears the song of his mate by means of his antennee, as the song causes the antennal hairs to vibrate rapidly. Organs which. are ike been found in various parts of the body of Insects. The common brown grassliop|; ..f i ear on each side of tli<- tii'^t one can easily distingni.^h will: i brane or tympanum stn'ili.,1 .. the long-horned .grc-ii l^li^-Im front V-x. 's., Iliiiik Ihai of the |,r,v,,i .if .Iiivnio, Many of ds and faculty ⢠highly Insects undoubtedly possess the sense of taste. When morphine or strychnine was mixed wdth honey, ants perceived the fraud the moment they began to feed. The substitution of alum for sugar was soon detected by wasps. Bees and wasps seem to have a more delicate gustatory sense than flies. Tasteorgans have been found in many Insects, and are usually situated either in the mouth or on the organs immediately surrounding it. Many experiments have show
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