. The popular natural history . Zoology. BURYING BEETLFS. (Ulster cadaverinus.) (Necrophorus vestigator.) (Silpha opaca.) as the larvse when hatched feed wholly on decaying animal substance. We now come to the Lamellicorn Beetles, so called from the beautiful plates, or lamellae, which decorate the antennse. This family includes a vast number of species, many of which, as, for exam pie, the Common Cockchafer, are extremely hurtful to vegetation both in the larval and adult form. In this family are found the most gigantic specimens of the Coleoptera, some of which look more like crabs than beet
. The popular natural history . Zoology. BURYING BEETLFS. (Ulster cadaverinus.) (Necrophorus vestigator.) (Silpha opaca.) as the larvse when hatched feed wholly on decaying animal substance. We now come to the Lamellicorn Beetles, so called from the beautiful plates, or lamellae, which decorate the antennse. This family includes a vast number of species, many of which, as, for exam pie, the Common Cockchafer, are extremely hurtful to vegetation both in the larval and adult form. In this family are found the most gigantic specimens of the Coleoptera, some of which look more like crabs than beetles, so huge are they and so bizarre are their shapes. In ail these creatures the lamella? are larger and more beautiful in the female than in the male insect. The Common Cockchafer is too familiar to need any description of its personal appearance, but the history of its life is not so widely known as its aspect. The mother beetle commences operations by depositing the eggs in the ground, where in good time the young are hatched. The gmbs are unsightly-looking objects, having the end of the body so curved that the creatures cannot crawl in the ordinary fashion, but are obliged to lie on their sides. They are furnished with two terribly trenchant jaws like curved shears, and immediately set to work at their destructive COCKCHAFER.—{M lolontha vulgaris). 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. New York, Burt Co
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