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Insects

by Leland O. Howard

“INSECTS'' is a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies, and other North American insects, exclusive of butterflies, moths, and beetles. The life histories of typical species, with illustrations of the different stages in their development, make clear the reader's grasp of the different families. The life of communistic insects, like ants and bees, is given at length, and directions are given for making observation hives and nests in which the student may carry on such observation work at home or at school. Full instructions are given for rearing various insects, in cages and aquaria, and for collecting and preserving cabinet specimens.

One of the features of this book is the revelation that so many familiar insects are, in some stages of their life history, unknown, even to entomologists. The book points out what is unknown now, much of which can as easily be found out by an amateur as by a scientist. For instance, the successive steps in the house fly's life history were unknown until a few years ago. The commonest crickets are still on the list of “unknowns.''

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True Bees16 species Ants6 species Proctotrypoid Parasites2 species Gall-flies1 species Chalcis Flies2 species Ichneumon Flies3 species Horn-tails1 species Saw-flies2 species True Flies7 species Crane Flies4 species Moth-flies1 species Midges1 species Gall-gnats2 species March-flies1 species Black Flies and Buffalo Gnats2 species Snipe Flies3 species Gad-flies or Horse-flies1 species Small-headed Flies and the Tangle-veined Flies2 species Bee-flies1 species Window-flies and the Stiletto-flies1 species Robber-flies1 species Dance-flies and the Long-legged Flies1 species Spear-winged Flies1 species Hump-backed Flies1 species Flat-footed Flies and the Big-eyed Flies1 species Syrphus Flies2 species Thick-head Flies1 species Bot-flies1 species Tachina Flies2 species Nimble Flies1 species Flesh-flies1 species House-fly and Its Near Relations2 species Anthomyia Flies1 species Dung Flies3 species Fruit and Gall Flies2 species Salt-water Flies1 species Grass Stem Flies1 species Little Fruit Flies2 species Bird Ticks1 species Bat Ticks3 species Caddis Flies9 species Scorpion Flies2 species Lace-winged Insects1 species Dobson and Its Family2 species Snake-flies1 species False Rear-horses1 species Dusty-wings1 species Ant-lions1 species Aphis-lions1 species Golden-eyed Lace-winged Flies4 species Harvest Flies or Cicadas2 species Lantern-flies and Their Allies1 species Tree-hoppers1 species Frog-hoppers or Spittle Insects1 species Leaf-hoppers1 species White Flies, or Aleyrodids1 species Scale Insects3 species Jumping Plant-lice or Flea-lice3 species True Bugs2 species Water Boatmen1 species Back Swimmers1 species Water Scorpions1 species Giant Water Bugs1 species Creeping Water Bugs1 species Toad Bugs1 species Marsh Treaders1 species Water Striders1 species Flower Bugs1 species Bed-bug Family1 species Shore Bugs1 species Thin-winged Bugs2 species Ambush Bugs1 species Flat Bark-bugs1 species Lace Bugs1 species Leaf-bugs1 species Squash-bug and Its Allies1 species Cotton Stainer and Its Allies1 species Stilt Bugs1 species Chinch-bug Family1 species Stink-bugs and Their Allies1 species True Lice4 species Walking Sticks1 species Rearhorses, or Praying Mantids2 species Short-horned Grasshoppers or True Locusts1 species Long-horned Grasshoppers2 species Crickets3 species Bird-lice2 species Book-lice and Their Allies5 species Stone-flies12 species May-flies or Shad-flies2 species Springtails and Fishmoths17 species

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