. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. £04 THE BEE-KBEPER'S GUIDE ; which would also suggest the name. It might well be preymg mantis. These peculiar anterior legs, like the same in Phy- mata erosa, are used to grasp its victims. It is reported to move with surprising rapidity, as it grasps its prey. Fig. Mantis.—Original, Its eggs (Fig. 292) are glued to some twig, in a scale-like mass, and covered with a sort of varnish. Some of these hatched out in one of my boxes, and the depravity of these insects was manifest in the fact that those first hatched fell to Fig. 292
. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. £04 THE BEE-KBEPER'S GUIDE ; which would also suggest the name. It might well be preymg mantis. These peculiar anterior legs, like the same in Phy- mata erosa, are used to grasp its victims. It is reported to move with surprising rapidity, as it grasps its prey. Fig. Mantis.—Original, Its eggs (Fig. 292) are glued to some twig, in a scale-like mass, and covered with a sort of varnish. Some of these hatched out in one of my boxes, and the depravity of these insects was manifest in the fact that those first hatched fell to Fig. 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 : York
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