A preliminary introduction to the study of entomologyTogether with a chapter on remedies, or methods that can be used in fighting injurious insects; insect enemies of the apple tree and its fruit, and the insect enemies of small grains . ogas intermed/us.—[Original]. Fia. 196.—The Meteorus Parasite {Meteorusbyphantrise): ; 6, cocoon—enlarKed.—[After Kiley.] alone are winged. They are not social in their habits, so far as known*and at least some of the species belonging to the genus Mutilla areparasitic on the different species of bumble-bees, while it is to be pre-sumed that other ge
A preliminary introduction to the study of entomologyTogether with a chapter on remedies, or methods that can be used in fighting injurious insects; insect enemies of the apple tree and its fruit, and the insect enemies of small grains . ogas intermed/us.—[Original]. Fia. 196.—The Meteorus Parasite {Meteorusbyphantrise): ; 6, cocoon—enlarKed.—[After Kiley.] alone are winged. They are not social in their habits, so far as known*and at least some of the species belonging to the genus Mutilla areparasitic on the different species of bumble-bees, while it is to be pre-sumed that other genera of the family possess like habits. The insect known as the White-grub Parasite {TipMa inornata, Say) which is illustrated in , belongs to the family ofwasps called Scoliid^ by en-tomologists. The female waspfinds a grub and lays an eggupon it. This egg hatches andthe larva at first feeds exter-nally, where it hangs fast bymeans of strong hooks withwhich it is provided. Finallyit kills the grub, matures, andspins for itself a cocoon, andthe following spring issues as an imago. The many species of black, blue, and other unattractively coloredwasps belonging to the family Pompilid^ are also parasitic in a certain. Fio. 197.—The Mary Chalcis fly {Cbalcis maHae)female.—[After Riley]. 102 A PRELIMINARY INTRODUCTION measure. These insects burrow in sandy soil and provision their nestswith spiders and the larvre of various insects, which they first paralyzeby stinging them. The differentspecies of the family resembleone another very closely, and,therefore, are rather difficultto determine save by the spe-cialist. The members of the familySPHECiDiE have similar habitswith the preceding, and can berecognized by having the basalsegment of the abdomen usually narrowed into along, . , , rAftpr ^^l 1 ,. , ?, X, Fig. 198—PacftjnenrOD njjcans. enlarged.—[After smooth, round petiole, and the Howard ] head and thorax usually clothed with long, thin pubescence. Several
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