. Elementary entomology . Fig. 217. The rhinoceros beetle [Dinastes tityrus). (Natural size) (After Kellogg) awkward in walking. The largest beetle of this country is the rhi- noceros beetle {Dynastcs titynis), which is two and one half inches long, greenish-gray with black spots, and is named from the large horn on the head, which meets a median horn extending from the prothorax. It occurs in the South and West, and in the West Indies there is a similar species six inches long. Their larvse live in the roots of decaying trees. Another series of species are known as flower-beetles, from their
. Elementary entomology . Fig. 217. The rhinoceros beetle [Dinastes tityrus). (Natural size) (After Kellogg) awkward in walking. The largest beetle of this country is the rhi- noceros beetle {Dynastcs titynis), which is two and one half inches long, greenish-gray with black spots, and is named from the large horn on the head, which meets a median horn extending from the prothorax. It occurs in the South and West, and in the West Indies there is a similar species six inches long. Their larvse live in the roots of decaying trees. Another series of species are known as flower-beetles, from their habit of feeding on pollen, which they carry from flower to flower. A common species of this sort is the yellowish-brown bumble flower-beetle {Eitphoria inda). It is half an inch long, quite hairy, and flies from flower to flower with a loud buzzing like that of a bumble- bee. Occasionally these beetles assemble on ripening peaches or other soft fruits, or lap up the sap from a wounded tree. A bright-green species {AllorJiina nitida), two thirds of an inch long, is very common in the South, where it is often called the green June-bug, and frequently attacks ripening fruits. The larvae are white grubs which live in grasslands and often injure lawns.
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