. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. HISTOnY. •487 ! placed in a vessel H)l)lie(l with dead y tliein us long us jmarkiiblo instinct, Dod for the young )()dy of the animal ble ciirciises which d, and made bono- Stag-beotle.) rpinrdw, to bore.) 11 Cockchatfer.). leetle. r-beetle. chafer. igly useful to man- id farmers, for they not only remove putrefying substiincos from tho surface of the ground, but bury them beneath. The STAti-iiKKTi/; is tlie largest of British insects. Although so formidably armed, it is ([uito hannless, and only uses
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. HISTOnY. •487 ! placed in a vessel H)l)lie(l with dead y tliein us long us jmarkiiblo instinct, Dod for the young )()dy of the animal ble ciirciises which d, and made bono- Stag-beotle.) rpinrdw, to bore.) 11 Cockchatfer.). leetle. r-beetle. chafer. igly useful to man- id farmers, for they not only remove putrefying substiincos from tho surface of the ground, but bury them beneath. The STAti-iiKKTi/; is tlie largest of British insects. Although so formidably armed, it is ([uito hannless, and only uses its enormous jaws to bi-eak tlie tender bark of trees, in onler that tlie Si'ip, '.n whicli it feeds, may exude. Tho UKJUth of tills beetle is very small, and is furnished with a brush, with which it licks up tho food. Several of these beetles lived for some time on moist sugar. During the winter, it hides in the earth, making for itself a kiml of cave, very snun)th inside.* This beetle is common in the New Forest. The Doii-HKETLE is a very common English insect. At the approach of evening, it may be seen wliirling round in the air with a didl humming sound. Tho countiy children call it the Watchman, comparing it to a watchman going his rounds in the evening. It usually lays its eggs on a rounded mass of cow-dung, and then buries the whole mass in the ground. When caught, it jjretends to bo The CocKC'iiAFFER needs not much description. Its lana works great mischief during the s))ring, as it feeds on the roots of plants, and cuts them off with its sharp sickle-like jaws. Where many <jf tiieso "gi-ubs" have been, the gmss "curls up, and dries like hay. One farmer actually collected eighty bushels of the gi-ubs of tho (-ockchaffer <m his farm. Fortunately the thrushes, iilackbirds, rooks, and many other birds ai-e inveterate destnjyers of the grui)s, and devour myriads of them. It is for this purpose that these birds pull up tho grass, and not to 8i)
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