. Cockroaches. Cockroaches. Circular No. 51, Second Series. United States Department of Agriculture, LIBRA MlV^SION OF ENTOMOLOGY, RECEIVED AUG i902 L. O. Howard, Entomologist. S. Department of Agricu!tureP0CKR0ACHES- By C. L. Marlatt, First Assistant Entomologist. [Revised reprint from Bulletin No. 4, New Sei'ies, Division of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, pp. 84-95.] Roaches are among the commonest and most offensive of the insects which frequent human habitations. They were well known to the ancients, who called them lucifuga, from their habit of always shunning the light. The
. Cockroaches. Cockroaches. Circular No. 51, Second Series. United States Department of Agriculture, LIBRA MlV^SION OF ENTOMOLOGY, RECEIVED AUG i902 L. O. Howard, Entomologist. S. Department of Agricu!tureP0CKR0ACHES- By C. L. Marlatt, First Assistant Entomologist. [Revised reprint from Bulletin No. 4, New Sei'ies, Division of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, pp. 84-95.] Roaches are among the commonest and most offensive of the insects which frequent human habitations. They were well known to the ancients, who called them lucifuga, from their habit of always shunning the light. The common English name for them, or, more properly, for the common domestic English species, is "black ; In America this name has not been adopted to any extent for this. ig. l.—The American roach (Periplaneta americana): a, view from above; b, from beneath— both enlarged one-third (original). insect, which was early introduced here, and the term "roach," or "cockroach," is the common appellation of all the domestic species. The little German roach, however, is very generally known as the Croton bug, or water bug, from its early association with the Croton waterworks system in New York City. The popular designations. 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 Marlatt, Charles Lester, 1863-; United States. Division of Entomology; United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Entomology
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