. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. 284 INJUEIOUS INSECTS days, or just at twilight. The larva is a dark-colored, nearly black, ferocious-looking creature, and when full grown is nearly two inches in length. When it is not gorged with food it runs rapidly over the ground, but I have often found it in such a condition that it could scarcely move from the excess of its gluttony. Its favorite food is cut-worms, and, like its parents, it hunts mostly at night, hiding away from the direct rays of the sun under rubbish, and sometimes burrowing i
. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. 284 INJUEIOUS INSECTS days, or just at twilight. The larva is a dark-colored, nearly black, ferocious-looking creature, and when full grown is nearly two inches in length. When it is not gorged with food it runs rapidly over the ground, but I have often found it in such a condition that it could scarcely move from the excess of its gluttony. Its favorite food is cut-worms, and, like its parents, it hunts mostly at night, hiding away from the direct rays of the sun under rubbish, and sometimes burrowing in the earth. Its mode of attacking a Cut-worm is always by seizing the throat, and it never lets go its told until it has extracted the juices of its writhing victim, when it leaves the limp, dead body, and goes in pursuit of another. Calosoma scrutator (fig. 165) is another Lion-beetle which is more noticeable and finer looking than the first mentioned. The wing- cases are a bright golden- green, and the rest of the body is marked with gold, violet-blue and green. It is somewhat larger and has longer legs than its darker relative. It does not shun the light, but seems to enjoy the bright sunshine, as if aware that its resplendent colors were shown with dazzling effect by the sun's rays. It kills and eats all soft-bodied larvae apparently with equal relish. In New Jersey it has learned that it can find good prey by hunting in the corn-fields. It mounts a stalk of corn and runs over the ear, now and then standing perfectly still as if listening. If a worm is in the ear it soon finds it, pulls it out and devours it. The larva of this fine beetle looks much like the other;. "Big. 165.—CALOSOMA 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 Treat, Mary, b. 1835. New York, Orange Judd
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