. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. The Dragon Fly. 423 which have but two wings. The bee or mosquito hawks are resplendent with metallic hues, wliile the bee killers are of sober gray. The mosquito hawks are not inaptly named, as they not only prey upon other insects, swooping down upon them with the dexterity of a hawk, but their graceful gyrations, as they sport in the warm sunshine at noon-day, are not unlike those of our graceful hawks and falcons. These insects are found most abundant near water, as they lay their eggs in water, where the larvae live a
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. The Dragon Fly. 423 which have but two wings. The bee or mosquito hawks are resplendent with metallic hues, wliile the bee killers are of sober gray. The mosquito hawks are not inaptly named, as they not only prey upon other insects, swooping down upon them with the dexterity of a hawk, but their graceful gyrations, as they sport in the warm sunshine at noon-day, are not unlike those of our graceful hawks and falcons. These insects are found most abundant near water, as they lay their eggs in water, where the larvae live and feed upon other animals. The larvse are peculiar in breath- ing by gills in the I'ectum. The same water that bathes Fig. these organs and furnishes oxygen, is sent out in a jet, and thus sends the insect darting along. The larvse also possess enormous jaws, which formidable weapons are masked till it is desired to use them, when tlie dipper-shaped mask is dropped or unhinged and the terrible jaws open and close upon the unsuspecting victim, which has but a brief time to bewail its temerity. A writer from Georgia, in Gleanings, volume 6, page 35, states that these destroyers are easily scared away, or brought down by boys with whips, who soon become as expert in captui-ing the insects as are the latter in seizing. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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