. Annual report - Entomological Society of Ontario. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 32 They have earned the name of Borers because they are, in fact, " animated gimlets," and spend their lives while in the larval state in perforating and feeding upon trees ; some live and carry on their operations in the trunks, others in the branches ; some devour the wood, others the pith ; some are found only in shrubs, some in the stems of herbaceous plants, others confine their attentions to the roots. Some are to be found only on one species of plants, others have a wid
. Annual report - Entomological Society of Ontario. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 32 They have earned the name of Borers because they are, in fact, " animated gimlets," and spend their lives while in the larval state in perforating and feeding upon trees ; some live and carry on their operations in the trunks, others in the branches ; some devour the wood, others the pith ; some are found only in shrubs, some in the stems of herbaceous plants, others confine their attentions to the roots. Some are to be found only on one species of plants, others have a wider range. Some bore straight holes, others branch off at divers angles, others make tracks as various as those of an engraver, while some are regular screws. The Germans, lovers of music, as they are, call these beetles " Fiddlers," because they give forth, especially when annoyed or taken in the hand, a squeaking or rasping noise produced by rubbing the j oints of the thorax and abdomen together. Some of the family are not only musical-boxes, but scent bottles as well, and emit a fragrant odour not unlike that of otto of roses. The members of this family, as a rule, are very handsome, and readily attract notice by their elegant forms and resplendent attire, that is, when of full age ; when young—in the creeping age—they are ugly in the extreme. Harris tells us that the various members of the family resemble each other in the following respects : the antennae are long and tapering. The body is oblong, approaching to a cylindrical form, a little flattened above, and tapering somewhat behind. The head is short and armed with powerful jaws. The thorax is either square, barrel-shaped or, narrowed before, and is not so wide behind as the wing-covers. The legs are long; the thighs thickened in the middle; the feet four-jointed, not formed for rapid motion, but for standing securely, being broad and cushioned beneath, with the third joint deeply notched. Most of these be
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