Insects: A Guide to Familiar American InsectsIllustrates and describes over 200 insects in 16 groups, portraying them on their food plants, in adult and immature forms, with U.S. range maps. |
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... parasitic on other animals , and some are known to carry diseases . On the other hand , this would be a sorry world without insects . We would have no apples , grapes , or clover , much less cotton , and fewer oranges and garden ...
... parasitic on other animals , and some are known to carry diseases . On the other hand , this would be a sorry world without insects . We would have no apples , grapes , or clover , much less cotton , and fewer oranges and garden ...
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... parasites is increased . Syrphid flies , known as flower or drone flies , are similar insects . They are often seen approching a flower , coming to an abrupt stop and hovering in mid - air . The larvae eat aphids and scales . The fuzzy ...
... parasites is increased . Syrphid flies , known as flower or drone flies , are similar insects . They are often seen approching a flower , coming to an abrupt stop and hovering in mid - air . The larvae eat aphids and scales . The fuzzy ...
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... parasites of wasps and bees , especially of the solitary species . The female wasp can really sting , but the males do not . The female crawls down the burrow and kills the owner with a pow- erful sting . She then lays her egg on the ...
... parasites of wasps and bees , especially of the solitary species . The female wasp can really sting , but the males do not . The female crawls down the burrow and kills the owner with a pow- erful sting . She then lays her egg on the ...
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abdomen adults emerge alfalfa AMBUSH BUG AMERICAN PAINTED LADY animals antennae ants aphids ASPARAGUS BEETLE bees birds borers broods brown burrow CARRION BEETLE chewing chrysalis CICADA CLICK BEETLE cocoon color common corn cover CRICKET crops cuckoo wasp damage develop EARWIGS Eggs are laid eggs hatch eye-spots female lays flies forewings FRITILLARY gall garden GRASSHOPPER green GULF FRITILLARY harlequin bug hatch in spring hibernate hindwings Horntails Ichneumon KATYDID known LADYBIRD larvae larvae feed larvae pupate lay eggs LEAFHOPPER legs lice live locust male mantises mature MAYFLIES mosquitoes moths and butterflies mouth-parts mud dauber nest nymphs PAINTED LADY pairs of wings parasites pests plants potatoes PRIONUS pupa rose chafer ROVE BEETLE scales shield bugs similar small insects smaller SPITTLEBUG spots stages stink bugs stoneflies sucking SWALLOWTAIL tail tent caterpillar termites thorax trees VELVET ANT wasps weevils wingless female winter wood yellow young