. Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada . I From Trued Life.) 54 BIRDS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO CLICK-BEETLE AND LARVA.{After Bruner.) family is the Colorado potato-beetle, but there are manyothers, such as the corn-root worm, the various flea-beetles,the striped cucumber-beetle, and the asparagus-beetle, whichare almost equally injurious. The larva? of this group vary much in appearance and life-history :some live exposed on leaves, othersare leaf-miners, and others live onroots and under ground. Most of t
. Birds in their relations to man; a manual of economic ornithology for the United States and Canada . I From Trued Life.) 54 BIRDS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO CLICK-BEETLE AND LARVA.{After Bruner.) family is the Colorado potato-beetle, but there are manyothers, such as the corn-root worm, the various flea-beetles,the striped cucumber-beetle, and the asparagus-beetle, whichare almost equally injurious. The larva? of this group vary much in appearance and life-history :some live exposed on leaves, othersare leaf-miners, and others live onroots and under ground. Most of thelarvre are protected in some way fromthe attacks of birds, which apparentlydevour many more of the adult bee-tles than of the larva1. The common May-beetle, or June-bug,1 belongs to a family—Scarabceidce—which contains many other well-known depredators. This insect isdeveloped from the white grub, orgrub-worm, so often found in pasture and meadow rose-beetle, or rose-bug,11 is one of the others: theadult is a hard, brown insect that feeds upon the foliage,flowers, or fruit of a great variety of plants. Its eggs aredeposited in light sandy soil and the larvae fee
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