. The American boys' book of bugs, butterflies and beetles. Insects. The Grape-vine Beetle 237 cient to do any material damage. The grape-vine beetle has always been the plaything or playmate of the idle schoolboy. As this beetle flies in the daytime and is not stupid hke the June-bug, it affords more amusement. The lads tie a thread around the body of the beetle between its arms and its first pair of legs along the line separating the thorax from the wing covers. If the knot is drawn too tight it will cut the beetle into two pieces, but if it is drawn just tight enough to keep it from slippin
. The American boys' book of bugs, butterflies and beetles. Insects. The Grape-vine Beetle 237 cient to do any material damage. The grape-vine beetle has always been the plaything or playmate of the idle schoolboy. As this beetle flies in the daytime and is not stupid hke the June-bug, it affords more amusement. The lads tie a thread around the body of the beetle between its arms and its first pair of legs along the line separating the thorax from the wing covers. If the knot is drawn too tight it will cut the beetle into two pieces, but if it is drawn just tight enough to keep it from slipping off and the knot brought roimd to the middle of the back as shown on page 10, it will not interfere with the beetle's movements at all. And so the idle bovs in Ohio ^^ and Kentucky fasten a thread to the insect about four feet long and the other end of the thread to a switch or wand which they carry in their hand while the beetle flies around overhead, to the boys' great delight. The grape-vine beetle is a yellowish-brown color with three dots on each wing cover and two dots on its thorax. Underneath, the body is a metallic or bronze green. The male is smaller than the female and more inclined to be red, while the female is larger than the male and more inclined to. 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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