. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. ^. A Fig. Tachitia fly {Masicera pachytyli), a parasite of the plague locust; Same, natural size. A Z Fig. 5. A 2. Antenna of Masi-cera pachytyli. of the spines projecting in every direction. It is often found aboutflowers and green vegetation. The adult fly itself is of no economicimportance, but the larvae are parasitic, and in Australia have provedmost efficient in lessening the number of grasshoppers. It is the nat-ural enemy of the grasshopper, feeding
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. ^. A Fig. Tachitia fly {Masicera pachytyli), a parasite of the plague locust; Same, natural size. A Z Fig. 5. A 2. Antenna of Masi-cera pachytyli. of the spines projecting in every direction. It is often found aboutflowers and green vegetation. The adult fly itself is of no economicimportance, but the larvae are parasitic, and in Australia have provedmost efficient in lessening the number of grasshoppers. It is the nat-ural enemy of the grasshopper, feeding most voraciously on the adiposetissues of its victim, but avoiding the vital parts. It feeds in the thoraxand abdomen of the grasshopper, and frequently three or four may befound in a single grasshopper. A grasshopper infested by these mag-gots soon shows signs of feebleness, ceases feeding, and dies in a shorttime, the maggots escaping, often before the death of the maggots, after extricating themselves from the grasshopper, enterthe ground to pupate, and emerge in five or six days as perfect flies.
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