. Animal communities in temperate America, as illustrated in the Chicago region ; a study in animal ecology. Animal ecology; Zoology. 270 THICKET COMMUNITIES milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus Forst.) (40, p. 136), and the leaf-beetle {Doryphora cUvicollis); the latter is very characteristic. The milkweed flowers attract hosts of flies which are preyed upon by vari- ous digger-wasps; bees are numerous, gathering honey. The ground-. 268 269 Fig. 268.—The four-lined leaf-bug {Poecilocapsits liiicatus); a, adult; b, c, imma- ture forms; 55 times natural size (from Lugger). Fig. 269.—A lon
. Animal communities in temperate America, as illustrated in the Chicago region ; a study in animal ecology. Animal ecology; Zoology. 270 THICKET COMMUNITIES milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus Forst.) (40, p. 136), and the leaf-beetle {Doryphora cUvicollis); the latter is very characteristic. The milkweed flowers attract hosts of flies which are preyed upon by vari- ous digger-wasps; bees are numerous, gathering honey. The ground-. 268 269 Fig. 268.—The four-lined leaf-bug {Poecilocapsits liiicatus); a, adult; b, c, imma- ture forms; 55 times natural size (from Lugger). Fig. 269.—A long-legged fly (Psilopodinns siplto Say); enlarged (from Williston after Lugger).. 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; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Chicago, Ill. , Pub. for the Geographic Society of Chicago by the University of Chicago Press
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