. Elementary entomology. Entomology. Fig. 94. Egg mass of the praying mantis. (Natural size) (After Slingerland) There are many local names for them, such as rear-horses, devil-horses, etc., while the southern negroes know them as mule killers and other sim- ilar names, from the supersti- tion that the brown saliva from their mouths will kill a mule. The eggs are laid in shingled masses, attached to a twig or weed, and are coated with a hard, gummy covering. The young, as well as the adults, feed on insects and are ex- tremely difficult to rear, as they are rabid cannibals, eating. Fig. 95. Wa
. Elementary entomology. Entomology. Fig. 94. Egg mass of the praying mantis. (Natural size) (After Slingerland) There are many local names for them, such as rear-horses, devil-horses, etc., while the southern negroes know them as mule killers and other sim- ilar names, from the supersti- tion that the brown saliva from their mouths will kill a mule. The eggs are laid in shingled masses, attached to a twig or weed, and are coated with a hard, gummy covering. The young, as well as the adults, feed on insects and are ex- tremely difficult to rear, as they are rabid cannibals, eating. Fig. 95. Walking-stick resting on birch twig, the leaves of which were attacked by the birch-leaf skeletonizer (After Weed). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Boston, Ginn
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