. Bulletin, Gulf Biologic Station. Biology -- Societies, etc. 15 rilK MKK IlISTOKV OF TlIK KLACK llOUSKKLV . {Taba)ius ulnihis I"';il)riciiis.) ' This is a coiiimoii species ovri' a wide vnuixc of territory, and lijis hci'ii taken in several sections of In many places ii is called the black gadfly, and I have ol'tt'ii heard the name â honcpickci-" applied to it. This laltcr name is sug-^'ested, I sr-ppose, on aeeouiit of the ability ii cxhibils for bitini;- animals in u'eiieral. It is such a eommo:! iiiscd thai (»ne nnnht suppose that cvci-y item of its life hislofv is
. Bulletin, Gulf Biologic Station. Biology -- Societies, etc. 15 rilK MKK IlISTOKV OF TlIK KLACK llOUSKKLV . {Taba)ius ulnihis I"';il)riciiis.) ' This is a coiiimoii species ovri' a wide vnuixc of territory, and lijis hci'ii taken in several sections of In many places ii is called the black gadfly, and I have ol'tt'ii heard the name â honcpickci-" applied to it. This laltcr name is sug-^'ested, I sr-ppose, on aeeouiit of the ability ii cxhibils for bitini;- animals in u'eiieral. It is such a eommo:! iiiscd thai (»ne nnnht suppose that cvci-y item of its life hislofv is di'finiti-iy known, bid. sucU i- not the It is easy cnou'^h to find the eu'us in season,. «â !(! fi-om these it is easy to .uct the yonny- by liatehinu-, but on acconnt of its lon^- lai-val period the intei-mediate staiivs betweeit thc vei-y youn>:- and the malni-e larvae seem not to have been- observed. The mature larvae have l)een collected by nuuiy oh sei-vei's and in a variety of places. The first ones were found in rotten logs, and for a time it was tlumght that they were found o'.dy in such places: but they may be jjrocured by digging in the ground in the vicinity of poiuls. undei- stones on diteli banks, taken from the water witli dip nets, picked up while swimming on the surface of the water, and freciueutly in the most un- exi>ected places. _. Fig. âEgK-cluster i). with a sliiirle e^jr Khowin}^ a parasiir within ; t'liUir^'oci. (After Hart. Itull. Ills. l.:il>.. Vol- ume IV. I They seem to remain on the surface of the water with the utuKist easi'. aii(l move from cne pince lo anothei- by their own. 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 Gulf Biologic Station (La. ). Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Board of Agriculture and Immigration.
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