Principal household insects of the United States . guisuga: a, first pupal stage; /, second pupalattack horSeS in stage; c, adult bug; d, same, lateral view—all enlarged t«» >;iiii> barns, and probably 8Cale ^ili;i1- other domestic animals. In houses it has been found with bedbugs, andwill unquestionably feed upon them, especially if it can secure speci-mens already charged with human blood, and it has been actuallyobserved eating what was taken to be a young roach. In captivity MissKimball has succeeded in feeding both young and adults on house the blood-taking habit may be e
Principal household insects of the United States . guisuga: a, first pupal stage; /, second pupalattack horSeS in stage; c, adult bug; d, same, lateral view—all enlarged t«» >;iiii> barns, and probably 8Cale ^ili;i1- other domestic animals. In houses it has been found with bedbugs, andwill unquestionably feed upon them, especially if it can secure speci-mens already charged with human blood, and it has been actuallyobserved eating what was taken to be a young roach. In captivity MissKimball has succeeded in feeding both young and adults on house the blood-taking habit may be easily acqni red is shown by the tactthat many common plant bugs, if captured, will pierce the flesh, andseveral of the species which are attracted to light at night and settleon ones hand will pierce the skin and fill themselves with blood. The accompanying figures of this insect represent the eg^, newlyhatched larva1, and last larval stage, drawn to the same scale | lig. 11),and the pupal stages and the adult, also drawn to a scale, but less. 40 PRINCIPAL HOUSEHOLD INSECTS. magnified than the others (fig. 10). The eggs and young larvae haverecently been described for the first time by Miss Kimball (1. c), andthis summer a large number of specimens in all stages were receivedfrom the West, from which the accompanying figures were these specimens many eggs were obtained, and later, larva*. The cone-nose is a rather large insect, measuring an inch in lengthand characterized by a flattened body and very narrow, pointed headand short, strong beak. In color it is dark brown, with the light areasindicated in the figure pinkish. Its buggy odor is even more intensethan that of the bedbug. It is a night flyer and is attracted into open
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