The Insects of Southern Africa: An Introduction to the Study of Entomology |
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abdomen adult animal antennae antlion ants aphids bagworm bees beetles bilharzia blood body breeding brown bugs burrows butterflies Caddisflies capture carpenter bee caterpillars cells Chalcid cicada coccid cockroaches cocoons collection colour cork creatures crickets damselflies dark different species dragonflies drawing eggs emerge entomologists eyes Family feed female lays fleas flies flowers folded fore wings fruit glass grass grasshoppers grubs habits hatch head hind wings hole honey killing bottle known label larvae lays her eggs leaf leaves legs light live locusts Longhorn beetles maggot males and females mantis mate membranous migrate moths mounted nest pairs paper parasitic pest plants pupa pupate round segment slender small insects soil Southern Africa specimens spiders Springtails sub-order sucking Super-family surface termites thorax thrips tiny trap treehoppers trees tube tunnels twigs vegetable wasps wingless workers worms yellow young