Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . t or aftermidsummer of the last yearof their larval life, they forma little cell in the ground justbeneath the root mass, andthere change to a pupa andsoon after to a beetle, which,however, does not becomefully matured until the springfollowing. The beetles maketheir appearance in May orJune, sometimes even in Aprilif the season is an early one, and there are a number of differ-ent species involved. Click-beetles (see figs. 63 and 64), or Elateridas, are easily dis-tinguished by their power of leaping or jerking themsel
Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . t or aftermidsummer of the last yearof their larval life, they forma little cell in the ground justbeneath the root mass, andthere change to a pupa andsoon after to a beetle, which,however, does not becomefully matured until the springfollowing. The beetles maketheir appearance in May orJune, sometimes even in Aprilif the season is an early one, and there are a number of differ-ent species involved. Click-beetles (see figs. 63 and 64), or Elateridas, are easily dis-tinguished by their power of leaping or jerking themselvesupward placed upon their back. There is a peculiar structureon the under side of the thoracic segments, by means of whichthe insect is enabled to throw or snap itself into the air, andfrom this it has received its names, click-beetle and snapping- beetle. The eggs arelaid before July, as arule, in the soil inwhich the future lar-va is to find its food-supply. Fig. 64. Click-beetle, from side with legs removed, to )? C // show the prosternal spine. J • -• Fig. 63. A common click-beetle, Meelano-tus communis—From Forbes 111. Repts.
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