. Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower. Beneficial insects. 70 AN ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. contains insects that simulate injurious forms, while doing little or no actual damage themselves. Family MALLOPHAGIDyE. The literal meaning of this term is "wool eater," and it ap- propriately expresses the habits of some of the species. All members of this family are parasitic, and are known as biting lice ; never sucking blood, but feeding upon young hair, feathers, skin-scales, clots of blood, and scabby or other scurfy material found on the skin or among hair and feathers. They
. Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower. Beneficial insects. 70 AN ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. contains insects that simulate injurious forms, while doing little or no actual damage themselves. Family MALLOPHAGIDyE. The literal meaning of this term is "wool eater," and it ap- propriately expresses the habits of some of the species. All members of this family are parasitic, and are known as biting lice ; never sucking blood, but feeding upon young hair, feathers, skin-scales, clots of blood, and scabby or other scurfy material found on the skin or among hair and feathers. They infest warm-blooded animals only, and principally birds, whence the term '' bird-lice'' has been erroneously applied to the entire group. All the common farm animals except the pig are infested Fig. 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 Smith, John Bernhard, 1858-1912. Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company
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