. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Si. railed oil . ol In hililli 11 iiniqiH', Hull n'Kanli'il a- ii illiiliT siilr ul fallrii lnrs in |av Fiddler ;. TiMHKR Heetle. iSv""^i'"ii,'f '"â â¢"'â¢.ta-I, ~»«V a *nd,.r, .iraighi-aiW .-â I;. ^*- '"a^^-iouii-^rf anttnn*. Tliia rsnmpir is a nativi- o( llneaiti. anil aflccis willow ami ash inrs. ICnlarip-d tour itTtain of their early stajjes, and this is mainly due tii tlieir riincealed miides of life making it diffiiult in some cases impos
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Si. railed oil . ol In hililli 11 iiniqiH', Hull n'Kanli'il a- ii illiiliT siilr ul fallrii lnrs in |av Fiddler ;. TiMHKR Heetle. iSv""^i'"ii,'f '"â â¢"'â¢.ta-I, ~»«V a *nd,.r, .iraighi-aiW .-â I;. ^*- '"a^^-iouii-^rf anttnn*. Tliia rsnmpir is a nativi- o( llneaiti. anil aflccis willow ami ash inrs. ICnlarip-d tour itTtain of their early stajjes, and this is mainly due tii tlieir riincealed miides of life making it diffiiult in some cases impossible -to study these stages. Thi' ehrysalis, as a rule, is soft, the limbs binj; free from the bixly. This stajfe usually lasts but a few weeks, but the iH'rfect Insect after emerRence from it mostiv remains secluded for a time until its outer integuments have hardened and developeil their proi^r coloration. Beetles are to be found everywhere, and their adaptation to every kind of environment has produced an enormous number of forms, something like ,000 species being already known, named, and classified. So little, however, do their habits bring them into prominence that it is usually with surprise that the average person learns that the beetles of the British Islands number more than three thousand distinct species ; and it would |)erhaps be a greater surprise ii they could learn how many of these are inhabitants of their own gardenâand house ! Yet a little observation will reveal them swarm- ing about flowers, running on and in the earth, resting under loose bark, under dead leaves and fallen branches, in decayed stumps, in fungi, in ponds and streams, even under submerged stones on the seashore. Whilst a few beetles- -such as the potato-beetle, the asparagus-l»etle, the pea-weevil, the tin nip-flea, and the cockchaferâare noxious Insects from the human view-point, the great majority are harmless or positiveh beneficent, either as scavengers, re- ducers of
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