. The American boys' book of bugs, butterflies and beetles. Insects. The Water Tiger 20^ differ from the ground beetles in the form of the hinder soekets and shields which join the legs to the body. These are very large, touching each other on the inner edge and reaching the side of the body, entirely cutting off the belly divisions from that part called the jVIetathorax.* They have oar-like swim- ming legs decorated with long hairs. The hind pair are flat- tened like a paddle or oar blade. The young are hose-shaped with big flat heads armed with prun- ing-knife-like jaws with which they grab
. The American boys' book of bugs, butterflies and beetles. Insects. The Water Tiger 20^ differ from the ground beetles in the form of the hinder soekets and shields which join the legs to the body. These are very large, touching each other on the inner edge and reaching the side of the body, entirely cutting off the belly divisions from that part called the jVIetathorax.* They have oar-like swim- ming legs decorated with long hairs. The hind pair are flat- tened like a paddle or oar blade. The young are hose-shaped with big flat heads armed with prun- ing-knife-like jaws with which they grab their prey or even cut off the pollpvogs' tails. Sometimes they catch small minnows and suck their blood. / ^^^. THE WATER TIGER The bo(h^ of the Water Tiger ends in a pair of long breathing tubes (Fig. 180) which it pushes up into the air. When ready for change, the larva creeps on to land, builds itself a round prison, and two or three weeks later the beetle comes out, * That part of the chest or thorax between the upper thorax or chest and the belly or 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 Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941. Philadelphia, Lippincott
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