. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. Wasps 1 m contjct. but it does not use them all for e^K'-layitig. The stinir does not kill the dermestid larva but simply paraly/es its motor nerves. It remains alive, as is evident from the fact that its ali- mentary canal continues to work and excreta are emitted from the anus. In spite of ail the precautions taken by the mother to assure
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. Wasps 1 m contjct. but it does not use them all for e^K'-layitig. The stinir does not kill the dermestid larva but simply paraly/es its motor nerves. It remains alive, as is evident from the fact that its ali- mentary canal continues to work and excreta are emitted from the anus. In spite of ail the precautions taken by the mother to assure hersell <.l the complete paraly/ing of her victim, occasionally this IS not complete and lew davs the dermestid larva molts In sich cases, of course, the eggs of the parasite perish. Mr. Busck found the phenomenon or parthenoffenesis to occur with this insect, a virgin female in one instance having laid eggs which hatched and the larvne were reared to the adult condition, all of the individu- als, as was quite to be ex- pected, being males. The volume of the eggs laid by a single female is surprising. It lays more than twice its bulk in eggs. The (emale drinks water greedily and possibly takes other food. In confmement it will perish if left without water An undescrilKd Bethylid of the genus Go„/o;/ts in Kansas has a similar life history, according to Popenoe and Marlatt. but this one is of greater economic importance since it attacks the larvae of the codling moth-tht -vorm so commonly found in apples. Just such a cluster of parasitic larvx as is described above was found by Marlatt upon an apple-worm in the interior of an (.'odliii^ nioi >" .'/.. a m- m 3°. 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 Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs
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