Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY body, curved, wrinkled, more or less clothed with hairs, and with the tip segment of the abdomen enlarged. Of the scavengers, the tumble-bugs are well known, as they are often seen rolling balls of manure along the roadside, which are finally buried and in which the eggs are laid. The fat grub feeds within this ball until ready to pupate. The fa- mous sacred scarabaeid was held in high veneration by the ancient Egyp- tians, who placed it in their tombs and carved it on sarcophagi

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Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY body, curved, wrinkled, more or less clothed with hairs, and with the tip segment of the abdomen enlarged. Of the scavengers, the tumble-bugs are well known, as they are often seen rolling balls of manure along the roadside, which are finally buried and in which the eggs are laid. The fat grub feeds within this ball until ready to pupate. The fa- mous sacred scarabaeid was held in high veneration by the ancient Egyp- tians, who placed it in their tombs and carved it on sarcophagi, stones, and gems. With the first spring days one encounters swarms of little brown, black-spotted beetles which fill the air. They belong to numer- ous species of the genus Aphodiiis, the larvae of which develop in manure and are often found in the dung of horses and cattle in pastures. Some of the scavengers make burrows in the soil under FIG. 214. A dung-beetle (Apho- dius granarius Linn.). (Greatly enlarged) (After Forbes) ;

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