. Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower [microform] : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges . distinguished by a comparatively small, narrow head with promi- nent eyes, and by a short, very stout, curved, pointed beak, which rests, when not in use, in a little groove between the front legs. The insects are strongly built, with legs usually well developed, and, as they are predaceous, are to be regarded as friends. The A'ery small ^'*^'- ^^3- head and short, slightly y^c^^^^^Ttt^ocr^^^—_^^ curved, pointed beak, serve to distinguish them from the plant-fee
. Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower [microform] : and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges . distinguished by a comparatively small, narrow head with promi- nent eyes, and by a short, very stout, curved, pointed beak, which rests, when not in use, in a little groove between the front legs. The insects are strongly built, with legs usually well developed, and, as they are predaceous, are to be regarded as friends. The A'ery small ^'*^'- ^^3- head and short, slightly y^c^^^^^Ttt^ocr^^^—_^^ curved, pointed beak, serve to distinguish them from the plant-feeding species. They readily puncture the skin of any one handling them carelesslv, and the Wing of Heteropteron with all the regions ,.i • ,, • 'i- i nJ^,„gfl bite IS exceedingly pam- ful, the poison injected into the wound being intensely irritating, and sometimes causing considerable swelling, with pain lasting for days. One of the species has adapted itself to life in houses, feeding upon flies and bed-bugs. The young have the curious habit of coating them- selves with particles of dust or fibre which conceals them perfecdy from casual observation. A similar species, Conorhinus sangui- sugis, nearly an inch in length, is found in houses in the South- ern States,—not to feed on bed-bugs, however, but as a bed-bug itself. It is especially inclined to bite children, and many cases of supposed spider-bites are believed by Dr. Leconte to be really due to this insect. He also states that he has known a patient to suft'er from the effects of such a " bug" bite for nearlv a vear. Fortunately, the insects are not very common, their large size and black color, with red markings, making them easily \isible and readily destroyable. The largest species occurring in the Eastern United States is the so-called "wheel-bug," Prionidiis cristafus, and this becomes more common southwardly. It lays its curious, jug-like eggs in hexagonal masses on bark of trees, fenc
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