. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Oolden-Eyed Lace-Winged Fliei The young an i-xtremdv larRf head, and the sides of Its body are armed with immense curved hairs, which give it ;i very ferocious appearance. It crawls down the egg stalk until It reaches the object upon which it is placed. (Jn reaching a young plant-louse it grasps it between its long curved jaws and
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Oolden-Eyed Lace-Winged Fliei The young an i-xtremdv larRf head, and the sides of Its body are armed with immense curved hairs, which give it ;i very ferocious appearance. It crawls down the egg stalk until It reaches the object upon which it is placed. (Jn reaching a young plant-louse it grasps it between its long curved jaws and rolls It one way or the other, the juicy contents being rapidly tracted. It seems always hungry and always to be feeding when It can find anything upon which to feed, and its rapidity of growth IS limited only by the abundance of the food supply. ' It will eat. ^l^;. ( hrvMip,! (. : ,;. i-(;>;s, h, full urown larva: ,, f.,r,t ..u>;/adult insect. ;-. hi-ad .if same; /;. adult, natural size-all enlarged except /I. (Ajur Marhitt. I one of its own brothers as iiuickiy as any other insect, and when nearly full grown its jaws are strong enough to pierce the skin of a human being. In Toronto. Canada. I once felt a sharp prick on the knuckle of one of my lingers, ,i:id on lookin:: down found one of larv;e with both jaws sticking thiou-li the skin and pumping awav with its body in an effort to pet some nourish- ment. I It Ibr .some time under a lens with some interest, and am glad to state that it did not seem satisfied with its meal!. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs
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