. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. (Family Rcdiiviiihc.) This is .1 large and important family of bugs comprising more than two thousand species of which more than one hundred and fifty inhabit the United States. Its forms vary much in structure and have been divided among thirteen subfamilies and three hundred and thirty-six gen- era. All are predatory in their habits and feed on o
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. (Family Rcdiiviiihc.) This is .1 large and important family of bugs comprising more than two thousand species of which more than one hundred and fifty inhabit the United States. Its forms vary much in structure and have been divided among thirteen subfamilies and three hundred and thirty-six gen- era. All are predatory in their habits and feed on other insects which they pierce and whose blood they suck by means of their strong, sharp beaks. From this food some of the subfamilies are known as "cannibal bugs" or "pirate ; Comstock calls them the "assassin bugs.' With many species the beak is so strong as to readily pierce the skins of human beings, and one species, known as the " blood- sucking cone-nose " (Conorliiiius sait- guistiga) so often frequents houses, es- pecially in the southwest, and is so fierce a biter that it is often referred to as " the gigantic ; It seems, according to Schwarz, to normally inhabit the nests of field mice. Other species, especially Mciiinolesles fficipcs and RcJtnius per- sonalus, were especially abundant in the eastern states in the summer of iS iKi>fm. the newspapers. A western species. ""â ⢠'â '""'â¢â 'â '<"'â¢'â¢''"â â¢""â¢Â» i RasdhUi binotalus is also a severe bitcr. Of these "kissing Fig I So.âC'onorhinus sangui suga. (l^edrawn from 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 Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs
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