Principal household insects of the United States . iMMi. Fig. 18.— Bryobia pratenrit: a, female from above; i>. same, ventral view, with legs removed; oand (/. tarsal claws; .-. proboscis and palpi from below; /. proboscis enlarged; g, palpna enlarged; h,one of the body scales; i, scale from enter cephalo-thoracic prominence;./, Bcale from Inner oephalo-thoracic prominence; A-. serrate hair from basal joint of leg; /. aame from penultimate joint; m,spine of last joint—a, b, greatly enlarged; c->n, still more enlarged (from Riley and fclarlatt). 52 PRINCIPAL HOUSEHOLD INSECTS. disagreeabl
Principal household insects of the United States . iMMi. Fig. 18.— Bryobia pratenrit: a, female from above; i>. same, ventral view, with legs removed; oand (/. tarsal claws; .-. proboscis and palpi from below; /. proboscis enlarged; g, palpna enlarged; h,one of the body scales; i, scale from enter cephalo-thoracic prominence;./, Bcale from Inner oephalo-thoracic prominence; A-. serrate hair from basal joint of leg; /. aame from penultimate joint; m,spine of last joint—a, b, greatly enlarged; c->n, still more enlarged (from Riley and fclarlatt). 52 PRINCIPAL HOUSEHOLD INSECTS. disagreeableness of its mere presence, it has no objectionable conse-quences. This mite is somewhat allied to the common red mite ofgreenhouses, and in fact has a similar habit, but lives out of doors onvegetation and lias a decided preference for clover, whence its commonname of clover mite. It occurs very commonly in the Northern andCentral States from Massachusetts to California, and is frequentlyabundant on various orchard and shade trees. In the mountain
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