Economic entomology for the farmer Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; . economicentomolo00smit Year: 1906 154 ^-V ECOXOMIC EXTOMOLOGY. A very curious, chunky little species, with the sides of the abdomen much elevated, and the forelegs much broadened and fitted for clasping, belongs to the genus Phymata and the family PhymatidcF. It is yellow and brown in color, and has the habit of placing itself in the centre of certain flowers, in such a manner as to seem a part of the flower itself. It is thus in positi
Economic entomology for the farmer Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; . economicentomolo00smit Year: 1906 154 ^-V ECOXOMIC EXTOMOLOGY. A very curious, chunky little species, with the sides of the abdomen much elevated, and the forelegs much broadened and fitted for clasping, belongs to the genus Phymata and the family PhymatidcF. It is yellow and brown in color, and has the habit of placing itself in the centre of certain flowers, in such a manner as to seem a part of the flower itself. It is thus in position to seize any unlucky insect that comes within reach, and, idthough it is scarcely a quarter of an inch in Fig. ii6.
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