. Animal communities in temperate America : as illustrated in the Chicago region; a study in animal ecology. Animal ecology; Zoology -- Illinois Chicago. Fig. 303.—The lady-beetle {Megilla macidata DeG.) and its life history: a,larva; b, pupa; c, adult (Chittenden, Dept. Agr.); enlarged as Fig. 304.—Meadow grasshopper {Xiphidium strictum Scud.); (after Forbes). twice natural size The onion-fly occurs in connection with the prairie onion. Eristalis tenax is common on the flowers. Various flower-flies occur. Waiting in the flowers for such animals as may come are the ambush-bugs


. Animal communities in temperate America : as illustrated in the Chicago region; a study in animal ecology. Animal ecology; Zoology -- Illinois Chicago. Fig. 303.—The lady-beetle {Megilla macidata DeG.) and its life history: a,larva; b, pupa; c, adult (Chittenden, Dept. Agr.); enlarged as Fig. 304.—Meadow grasshopper {Xiphidium strictum Scud.); (after Forbes). twice natural size The onion-fly occurs in connection with the prairie onion. Eristalis tenax is common on the flowers. Various flower-flies occur. Waiting in the flowers for such animals as may come are the ambush-bugs (Phy- mata erosa fasciata), and the crab spiders (Misumessus asperatus and Runcina ahatoria). The jumping spiders (Phidippus podagrosus) are also predatory (138). The orb-weavers (Epeira trivittata, Agriope trifasciata) build webs into which many insects 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 Shelford, Victor E. (Victor Ernest), b. 1877; Geographic Society of Chicago. Chicago, Ill. : Published for the Geographic Society of Chicago by the University of Chicago Press


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