Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses
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OUR COMMON INSECTS.
A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE INSECTS
OF OUR
Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses.
Illustrated with 4 Plates and 268 Woodcuts.
BY
BY
A. S. PACKARD, Jr.,
CONTENTS
DEDICATION.
TO SAMUEL H. SCUDDER.
PREFACE.
OUR COMMON INSECTS.
INTRODUCTORY.
OUR COMMON INSECTS.
CHAPTER I.
THE HOME OF THE BEES.
CHAPTER II.
THE HOME OF THE BEES.
[Concluded.]
[Concluded.]
CHAPTER III.
THE PARASITES OF THE HONEY BEE.
THE STYLOPS PARASITE.
THE STYLOPS PARASITE.
CHAPTER IV.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT MOTHS.
CHAPTER V.
THE CLOTHES MOTH.
CHAPTER VI.
THE MOSQUITO AND ITS FRIENDS.
CHAPTER VII.
THE HOUSE FLY AND ITS ALLIES.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE BORERS OF OUR SHADE TREES.
CHAPTER IX.
CERTAIN PARASITIC INSECTS.
CHAPTER X.
THE DRAGON FLY.
CHAPTER XI.
MITES AND TICKS.
CHAPTER XII.
BRISTLE-TAILS AND SPRING-TAILS.
CHAPTER XIII.
HINTS ON THE ANCESTRY OF INSECTS.
Explanation of Plate 2. Figure 1, different forms of Leptus; 2, Diplax; 3, Coccinella larva; 4, Cicada larva; 5, Cicindela larva; 6, Ant Lion; 7, Calligrapha larva; 8, Aphis larva; 9, Hemerobius larva; 10, Glyrinua larva; 11, Carabid larva; 12, Meloë larva.
Explanation of Plate 3. Figure 1. Panorpa larva; 2, Phryganea larva; 3, Weevil larva; 4, third larva of Meloë; 5, Chionea larva; 6, Carpet Worm; 7, Phora larva; 8, Wheat Caterpillar; 9, Sphinx Caterpillar; 10, Acronycta? larva; 11, Saw Fly larva; 12, Abia Saw Fly larva; 13, Halictus larva; 14, Andrena larva.
EARLY STAGES OF THE HUMBLE BEE.
Explanation of Plate 2. Figure 1, different forms of Leptus; 2, Diplax; 3, Coccinella larva; 4, Cicada larva; 5, Cicindela larva; 6, Ant Lion; 7, Calligrapha larva; 8, Aphis larva; 9, Hemerobius larva; 10, Glyrinua larva; 11, Carabid larva; 12, Meloë larva.
Explanation of Plate 3. Figure 1. Panorpa larva; 2, Phryganea larva; 3, Weevil larva; 4, third larva of Meloë; 5, Chionea larva; 6, Carpet Worm; 7, Phora larva; 8, Wheat Caterpillar; 9, Sphinx Caterpillar; 10, Acronycta? larva; 11, Saw Fly larva; 12, Abia Saw Fly larva; 13, Halictus larva; 14, Andrena larva.
EARLY STAGES OF THE HUMBLE BEE.
CHAPTER XIV.
INSECT CALENDAR.
INDEX.
FOOTNOTES:
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