Principal household insects of the United States . Fig. 35. —Spring-tail (Lepidocyrtus americanus)view from above (original). Fm. 36.—Spring-tail (Lepidocyrtus americanus)view from beneath (original). These insects belong to the suborder Gollembola, which (followingSharp) is distinguished from the other suborder of Aptera, Thysanura,by having but five body segments instead of ten, and possessing avery peculiar ventral tube on the first segment, and commonly also aterminal spring, by means of which these creatures leap with greatagility, and from which they take their common name of spring-tail
Principal household insects of the United States . Fig. 35. —Spring-tail (Lepidocyrtus americanus)view from above (original). Fm. 36.—Spring-tail (Lepidocyrtus americanus)view from beneath (original). These insects belong to the suborder Gollembola, which (followingSharp) is distinguished from the other suborder of Aptera, Thysanura,by having but five body segments instead of ten, and possessing avery peculiar ventral tube on the first segment, and commonly also aterminal spring, by means of which these creatures leap with greatagility, and from which they take their common name of spring-tails. These insects, though very abundant, have been very little studied,and little is known of their life habits. They often multiply in extraor-dinary numbers, especially in moist situations, swarming on the sur-face of stagnant water or on wet soil. They seem to be very tolerantof cold, and we have interesting accounts of the occurrence of a spe-cies related to the one figured in the Arctic regions on melting snowfields and on glaciers, where
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