. Elementary entomology. Insects. is a decided hump, and surmounting it are strong, curved spines which serve as an anchor, so that a captured insect cannot drag the larva from its burrow. The vo- racity of these beetles makes the name "tiger-beetle" fitting, but un- fortunately they are of little bene- fit to the farmer, as they do not frequent cultivated fields, and though they de- stroy many insects, but few of them are of any economic importance. The brilliant green species are favorites of collectors, and one must be some- thing of a sportsman to secure many of them, so readily
. Elementary entomology. Insects. is a decided hump, and surmounting it are strong, curved spines which serve as an anchor, so that a captured insect cannot drag the larva from its burrow. The vo- racity of these beetles makes the name "tiger-beetle" fitting, but un- fortunately they are of little bene- fit to the farmer, as they do not frequent cultivated fields, and though they de- stroy many insects, but few of them are of any economic importance. The brilliant green species are favorites of collectors, and one must be some- thing of a sportsman to secure many of them, so readily do they fly. Like many other active insects they may often be easily caught towards sundown. Ground-beetles. Upon turning over a stone or a log, one frequently sees small, flat, black beetles scurrying away, which belong to the fam- ily of ground-beetles (Carabidae]. Their name is indicative of their habits, as their long legs fit. FIG. 191. A tiger- beetle and its lar- va in its burrow. (Natural size) (After Linville and Kelly) them for chas- ing rapidly over the ground in pursuit of small insects, though some of them ascend trees in search of cater- pillars. This is a large family, which has some twelve hundred species in this country, and as both larvae and. 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and Company
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