Directions for collecting and preserving insects . FIG. 37.—An Ant-lion (Myrmeleon). (From Packard.) of our largest and most striking insects, the larva? of which is kuowii asDobsousby anglers, and is aquatic and carnivorous in habit. The Heme- robiida? is a large family, com-prising, as a rule, delicateinsects with rather amplegauzy wings. The larva? arepredaceous. The commonLace-wing flies are among oura b c d most beneficial insects, de- FIG. a, eggs, 6, larva c. cocoons, d, fly stroyillg plant-lice and Otherwith left wings removed. ° -1 soft-bodied species. To the same f
Directions for collecting and preserving insects . FIG. 37.—An Ant-lion (Myrmeleon). (From Packard.) of our largest and most striking insects, the larva? of which is kuowii asDobsousby anglers, and is aquatic and carnivorous in habit. The Heme- robiida? is a large family, com-prising, as a rule, delicateinsects with rather amplegauzy wings. The larva? arepredaceous. The commonLace-wing flies are among oura b c d most beneficial insects, de- FIG. a, eggs, 6, larva c. cocoons, d, fly stroyillg plant-lice and Otherwith left wings removed. ° -1 soft-bodied species. To the same family belongs the Ant-lion (Myrmeleon), the larvae of which havethe curious habit of constructinga funnel-shaped burrow in thesand, in the bottom of which theyconceal themselves and wait forany soft-bodied insects whichmay fall into the trap. This fam-ily also includes thepeculiar Mantis-like in-sects belonging to the genus Mantispa. As in the true Mantis, the prothorax ofthese insects is greatly elongated and the first pair of legsare fitted
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