. The book of bugs. 22 The Book of Bugs. weeks emerges an adult fly, ready to scare the flesh off more cattle. What do you think of such conduct? Could anything be more fiendish in its plan, more unprincipled and selfish ? The Hessian fly, that ruins Heaven only knows how much wheat every year, is a true fly and- - o h, w e 11, pshaw! there is no use mak- ing a whole book on all kinds of flies, when I set out only to write one chapter on the fl i e s that come into the house. There is altogether too much of the ' it is esti- mated ' about the life-his- tory of the common fly, for, strange as i
. The book of bugs. 22 The Book of Bugs. weeks emerges an adult fly, ready to scare the flesh off more cattle. What do you think of such conduct? Could anything be more fiendish in its plan, more unprincipled and selfish ? The Hessian fly, that ruins Heaven only knows how much wheat every year, is a true fly and- - o h, w e 11, pshaw! there is no use mak- ing a whole book on all kinds of flies, when I set out only to write one chapter on the fl i e s that come into the house. There is altogether too much of the ' it is esti- mated ' about the life-his- tory of the common fly, for, strange as it may seem, it is an animal that is very hard to rear from the egg. Other insects will live, move, and have their being in a box with gauze over it to let in air and light. All they ask is board and lodgings, and, like the curios in a dime museum, they will answer any and all proper questions; photographs for sale for their own benefit. But fit up the most luxurious quarters for flies, well aired and lighted, though perhaps small, stocked with all the delicacies of the stable and the garbage can, and they may lay a few eggs in a half-hearted sort of way and then incontinently turn up their toes and die. They do it for spite, I think. Still there are many interesting things known about the fly, and as usual what are most interesting are not Fig. 3. Hcematobia serrata^ 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 Sutherland, Harvey. New York ; London : Street & Smith
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