. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. INSECTS. 171 those of Tipula paludosa. The two last-named species are very much like one another; grey or greyish brown with bright brown wings, having dark front margin. Much is still unknown about the habits of " crane flies "; my researches relate to the Yellow-spotted Crane Fly {Tipula maculosa). The adults fly about in swarms during summer, usually from the beginning of June, in the flelds where the larv£e lived in spring. They lay their eggs either in the same fields or (usually) in others, and are blown. Fig. 113.—The Daddy Longlegs, or Common
. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. INSECTS. 171 those of Tipula paludosa. The two last-named species are very much like one another; grey or greyish brown with bright brown wings, having dark front margin. Much is still unknown about the habits of " crane flies "; my researches relate to the Yellow-spotted Crane Fly {Tipula maculosa). The adults fly about in swarms during summer, usually from the beginning of June, in the flelds where the larv£e lived in spring. They lay their eggs either in the same fields or (usually) in others, and are blown. Fig. 113.—The Daddy Longlegs, or Common Crane Fly (^Tipula oleracea), male and the maggot; right, the female and the pupa. Left, the about for long distances by the wind. Where the flies settle they lay each time two or three black ovoid eggs, bent like a sickle, and repeat this till all the eggs (200 to 250) are laid. Those fields which have previously been grass land are the most infested by the crane flies. The larvae are headless, grey to lead coloured, with small prickles at the hinder end of the body, and they first appear, in large numbers, under the pieces of turf which are left behind in such fields, and which appear to be the centres from which. 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 Bos, Jan Ritzema, 1850-1928; Ainsworth Davis, J. R. (James Richard), 1861-1934. London, Chapman & Hall, Ld.
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