. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 10 BULL] i : . ' . B. tW PAB3 mi .\ i 0] LOB* i i i:i The foregoing description has been taken from Melander and Spuler ( ;â '. p. $9). (.1 m ic \i in -i BOTTOM The fliee (PL 1. A. B), u Redi ('-. v. U\ described them, are "small fliee resembling winged ants, wnich immediately after In; ih skipped aboul with incredible sprightliness and vivacity thai they seemed i" !"⢠the embodiment of perpetual motion.'1 Super- ficially this species appears shining black, with reddish-brown i. PlO. 2.âSkipper flie
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 10 BULL] i : . ' . B. tW PAB3 mi .\ i 0] LOB* i i i:i The foregoing description has been taken from Melander and Spuler ( ;â '. p. $9). (.1 m ic \i in -i BOTTOM The fliee (PL 1. A. B), u Redi ('-. v. U\ described them, are "small fliee resembling winged ants, wnich immediately after In; ih skipped aboul with incredible sprightliness and vivacity thai they seemed i" !"⢠the embodiment of perpetual motion.'1 Super- ficially this species appears shining black, with reddish-brown i. PlO. 2.âSkipper flies and three specimens of the common house fly, showing com- parative sizes. X 2 and wings held flat over the dorsum when at rest. The females are usually larger than the males, and the Largest ones are about three- fifths as long as an average-sized house fly and more slender. The comparative sizes of skipper flies and house Hies are shown in Fig- ure 2. When feeding and courting the flies are feverishly active, run- 8 Sibyl Swegman MacDonald, insect delineator with the Bureau of Entomology, pre- pared the drawings shown as Figures '2, .'{, S. and \K and .1. G. Pratt, BClentiflc photog- rapher of the bureau, made the 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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