. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Ground Beetles. jbq ci( this moth sphi ;iii .â xtfnsivf wrb of silk on trunk, which scviTal 'd nl them pass tlif iliiv, marihinK out in prmission in the evi^niii^ to feed upon the ''â ;â¢"â ''" ,"' ""â "â ''⢠The Krub of the beautiful searcher is an actiw creature some- tlmij,. like a lail\-bir- b,. makiiiK a meal of tlu- last 'ar and when it is linished the lainer or stronger til thi' iKetle-grubs nia>- Hnish by eating' his brother.
. Marvels of insect life [microform] : a popular account of structure and habit. Insects; Insectes. Ground Beetles. jbq ci( this moth sphi ;iii .â xtfnsivf wrb of silk on trunk, which scviTal 'd nl them pass tlif iliiv, marihinK out in prmission in the evi^niii^ to feed upon the ''â ;â¢"â ''" ,"' ""â "â ''⢠The Krub of the beautiful searcher is an actiw creature some- tlmij,. like a lail\-bir- b,. makiiiK a meal of tlu- last 'ar and when it is linished the lainer or stronger til thi' iKetle-grubs nia>- Hnish by eating' his brother. One other species of these i;round-beetles must be men- tioned, because it affords an illll^tration of one way in which many useful Insects are j>ro- tccted from more powerful enemies. This is the little bom- bardier-beetle,' cpiite a small member of the famih- measuriiif; only III mm., if wo leave lefjs and antennie out of the account. It^ head, \-, le^s, and anteniKT are brick-red ; the wint'-covers, which only hid<' two-thirds of the dusky hind- bi«lv, are blue-black. It is found lurkinf; under stones on river mai'sins and seashores. N'othin;; very definite appears t" be known as to its ways of setting a livinfr, except tliat it said to attack other Insects, like most of its family. Without having had an\- oppor- ..,,., tiuiity for observing it in its m;XKl";,Xn;;^i â ââââ, â,ââ..,âââ,â,ââ haunts (it is a very local Insect), we venture the suRpestion that it will be found to leed principally upon snails. The suggestion is based entirciv upon its build 111.' hind-body IS narrow and almost cylindrical, the forc-bodv and head not more than a third of the width of the hind-body, and appear to be planned for their inser- tion into snail-shells. But the peculiarity that has made the bombardier famous an<. given it both popular and scientific names, i» its power of producing mimic e.\plosions accompanied by a smoke-lik
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