. Annual report ... of the Board of Agriculture for the year ending June 30th ... r upon mosquitos and black flies. Many children fear them,but they are perfectly harmless, though their large eyes make themhave a ferocious look. 248 VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. CAMEL CRICKET. Orth., Mantis Carolina. The eggs are shown. (Plate n, Figure 2.) The predaceous charactermay be known by the fact that a single Mantis has been known tokill and eat eleven Colorado potato beetles in a single night. Not yetseen in Fig. 8, Fig. 7. Plate I. THE SPINED SOLDIER BUG. Arma spinosa. This order, Hemipter
. Annual report ... of the Board of Agriculture for the year ending June 30th ... r upon mosquitos and black flies. Many children fear them,but they are perfectly harmless, though their large eyes make themhave a ferocious look. 248 VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. CAMEL CRICKET. Orth., Mantis Carolina. The eggs are shown. (Plate n, Figure 2.) The predaceous charactermay be known by the fact that a single Mantis has been known tokill and eat eleven Colorado potato beetles in a single night. Not yetseen in Fig. 8, Fig. 7. Plate I. THE SPINED SOLDIER BUG. Arma spinosa. This order, Hemiptera, contains many cannibalistic insects, but thespined soldier bug is one of the most common and friendly. (Platen,Figure 3.) Let every farmer protect him. THE GREEN SOLDIER BUG. Raphigaster Maris. This is also a deadly enemy of the potato beetle, and is shown inPlate ii, Figure 4. All this class of beneficial insects should be pro-tected by all. But we should first know them. INSECTS. 249
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