Economic entomology for the farmer Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; economicentomol00smit Year: 1906 154 AN ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. A very curious, chunky little species, with the sides of the abdomen much elevated, and the forelegs much broadened and fitted for clasping, belongs to the genus Phymata and the family PhymatidcB. It is yellow and brown in color, and has the habit of placing itself in the centre of Fig. 115. certain flowers, in such a manner '^^ssit^ ^^^ as to seem a part of the flower ^^. ^ its
Economic entomology for the farmer Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; economicentomol00smit Year: 1906 154 AN ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. A very curious, chunky little species, with the sides of the abdomen much elevated, and the forelegs much broadened and fitted for clasping, belongs to the genus Phymata and the family PhymatidcB. It is yellow and brown in color, and has the habit of placing itself in the centre of Fig. 115. certain flowers, in such a manner '^^ssit^ ^^^ as to seem a part of the flower ^^. ^ itself It is thus in position to seize any unlucky insect that comes within reach, and, although it is scarcely a quarter of an inch in Fig. 1x6.
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