. The American boys' book of bugs, butterflies and beetles. Insects. 218 Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles CATERPILLAR HUNTERS The caterpillar hunter (Fig. 198) is a long- legged beetle with powerful long hooked jaws. The caterpillar hunter is fond of canker-worms and if we had enough caterpillar hunters to eat up the canker-worms, we could save many of our fruit trees from destruction, and, if all you boys learned to know these useful beetles, you could do much. ^.GROUND ^J99 SELTLLS to prevent thoughtless people from thinking them to be harmful and killing them as bugs. There is little danger o
. The American boys' book of bugs, butterflies and beetles. Insects. 218 Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles CATERPILLAR HUNTERS The caterpillar hunter (Fig. 198) is a long- legged beetle with powerful long hooked jaws. The caterpillar hunter is fond of canker-worms and if we had enough caterpillar hunters to eat up the canker-worms, we could save many of our fruit trees from destruction, and, if all you boys learned to know these useful beetles, you could do much. ^.GROUND ^J99 SELTLLS to prevent thoughtless people from thinking them to be harmful and killing them as bugs. There is little danger of people killing many, if any, of the bright-colored Tiger beetles which run ahead of you on the dusty or sandy shore, be- cause these gaudy meat-eaters are very difficult to capture even witli a net, but some of the ground. 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 Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941. Philadelphia, Lippincott
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