Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . sit is an introduction from abroad, thoughno one can say which country is its properhome. It has been with us for aboutfour hundred years, probablv enteringour seaports in home-bound ships, andgradually extending from the circumferenceto tlu^ centre. In the bed-bug wings arenot dtvel()])ed, though the vestiges of themmay still be found. It is possibk thatfinding man with his ships and couchesso good a carrier to extend its distribution,it gave up developing wings as no longernecessary to it. We do not wish to dwellat length up
Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . sit is an introduction from abroad, thoughno one can say which country is its properhome. It has been with us for aboutfour hundred years, probablv enteringour seaports in home-bound ships, andgradually extending from the circumferenceto tlu^ centre. In the bed-bug wings arenot dtvel()])ed, though the vestiges of themmay still be found. It is possibk thatfinding man with his ships and couchesso good a carrier to extend its distribution,it gave up developing wings as no longernecessary to it. We do not wish to dwellat length upon what many readers willprobably consider a disgusting subject,but there are one or two points whith, we think, will ha\-e intt-rest for them. Manypersons tolerate cockroaches in the house in the belief that these Insects protectthem from the ]M)ssibilit\- of an invasion of bed-bugs. This belief appears to bewell touiuled, tor it is said that the red-coat is a bonne boitche for the brown-coat. 1 kucoptfius. - Uysdcrcus siiturellus ^ Water Scorpion. [£. Stct>. All t\.ini]il ot till- aquatic bugs. The broad, llat body is verytliiu ; aud the foro-hinbs are developed to fonn admirableelaspiiig organs, the shank and foot closing down in a slit alongtlie front edge of the thigh. Three times the natural size. ibz Marvels of Insect Life. Not only is this so, but there is another bug ^ that flies into bug-infested housesand feeds upon the pests. This bug-kilhng bug is, however, a rather dangerousally to call in, for he is so fond of human blood that he takes it from its source, aswell as second-hand. In its earlier unwinged condition this fly-bug, as it is some-times called, covers its back and limbs with dusty rubbish, which makes it scarcelyrecognizable as what it is. But the bed-bug has another enemy in the shape ofa little black ant, allied to the minute yellow ant—an imported species—thatoften establishes itself under the floors and he
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