. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. 174 ARTHROrODS: INSFXTS. numbers of other insects for food, thus benefiting the farmer and gardener. The larvse or grubs, are soft, white, and furnished with jaws like the adults ; like the latter, they feed on other insects, which they se- cure by digging holes in the ground, in which they remain, the head just closing the opening of the hole; when some insect comes near enough, they seize it, draw it into the hole, and devour it. Ground Beetles, or Carabidae. These also prey upon other insects, and the kinds are very numerous. They have the jaws very l
. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. 174 ARTHROrODS: INSFXTS. numbers of other insects for food, thus benefiting the farmer and gardener. The larvse or grubs, are soft, white, and furnished with jaws like the adults ; like the latter, they feed on other insects, which they se- cure by digging holes in the ground, in which they remain, the head just closing the opening of the hole; when some insect comes near enough, they seize it, draw it into the hole, and devour it. Ground Beetles, or Carabidae. These also prey upon other insects, and the kinds are very numerous. They have the jaws very long and hooked, and very long legs. Some of them have no under wings. One kind is called the Caterpillar. Fig. 295.—Caterpillar Hunter. Hunter, because it destroys so many larvje of other in- sects. It eats great numbers of the Cankerworm, the most destructive insect which has appeared upon our beautiful fruit and shade trees, and which is described on page 166. It appears about the time the Canker-. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy Gove, 1836-. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book Co
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