Agriculture . Fig. 36. —Currant sawflies, or is the male ; b the female. The perfect in-sects have yellow bodies. The eggs are laidalong the ribs on the backs of the FS- 37-—Larsae of currant-worm, green, dottedwith black spots. Transparent-WingedInsects.—This orderincludes ants, bees,wasps, , andsawflies. The scientificname for this order ishyfuenoptera. The studyof an ant hill will befound very need not look forany in a well-cultivatedfield. No warning needbe given that in the studyo f bees, wasps, andhornets great care mustbe used. As for saw-
Agriculture . Fig. 36. —Currant sawflies, or is the male ; b the female. The perfect in-sects have yellow bodies. The eggs are laidalong the ribs on the backs of the FS- 37-—Larsae of currant-worm, green, dottedwith black spots. Transparent-WingedInsects.—This orderincludes ants, bees,wasps, , andsawflies. The scientificname for this order ishyfuenoptera. The studyof an ant hill will befound very need not look forany in a well-cultivatedfield. No warning needbe given that in the studyo f bees, wasps, andhornets great care mustbe used. As for saw-flies, illustrations givenin figs. 36 and 37 willserve to make theiracquaintance—to iden-tify them. They arecalled sawflies becausethey are able to cut orsaw into leaves with theirabdomen in order tomake nests for theireggs. The stems ofwheat are sometimescut off by sawflies, andthe galls in oaks areproduced by gall-flieswhich also belong to theorder of transparent-winged insects. INSECTS OF THE FIELD. 83 Bugs—All bugs are insects but all insects are not we speak of bugs we mean such insects as the many kindsof plant lice. Aphis (plural, aphides) is another name for
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