. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. OF THE FARM AND GAEDEN. 13 great number of species. Not even the Goleoptera, can vie with it in numbers. And it embraces some of the most annoying insects—as the Mosquito, Horse-fly, G-nat, and House-fly, also many that are decidedly injurious to vegetation—as the Hessian-fly, Wheat-midge, Onion- maggot, etc., etc. But many of the larvae act the part of scavengers, and some few are beneficial to the agricul- turist—as the Sy rplius aud Tachina flies. The young of this Order are known as Maggots. Oedbr VI
. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. OF THE FARM AND GAEDEN. 13 great number of species. Not even the Goleoptera, can vie with it in numbers. And it embraces some of the most annoying insects—as the Mosquito, Horse-fly, G-nat, and House-fly, also many that are decidedly injurious to vegetation—as the Hessian-fly, Wheat-midge, Onion- maggot, etc., etc. But many of the larvae act the part of scavengers, and some few are beneficial to the agricul- turist—as the Sy rplius aud Tachina flies. The young of this Order are known as Maggots. Oedbr VI.—OETHOPTBRA.—Stkaight-whstged Insects. The name of this Order is from the Greek, Ortlios, " straight," the insects have long bodies, straight Fig. 9.—THE LT7BBEB GBASSHOPPBE OP FLOBIDA. large heads, and strong jaws. It includes Grasshoppers, Locusts, Cockroaches, Crickets, and "Walking-sticks. The larvas look very much like the parents, except in their usually smaller 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 Treat, Mary, b. 1835. New York, Orange Judd
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