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Charles Leonard Hogue. The aquatic nymphs are as voracious predators as the adults , but their feeding method is very dif- ferent . The prey , which consists of almost any small animal swimming closely enough , is captured by a swift ...
Charles Leonard Hogue. The aquatic nymphs are as voracious predators as the adults , but their feeding method is very dif- ferent . The prey , which consists of almost any small animal swimming closely enough , is captured by a swift ...
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... predators , a remark- able example of protective form . Aphids Family Aphididae Figure 68. Aphid female , giving birth to nymph . Aphids are notorious pests of cultivated plants . Prolific breeders , their numbers swiftly spread over ...
... predators , a remark- able example of protective form . Aphids Family Aphididae Figure 68. Aphid female , giving birth to nymph . Aphids are notorious pests of cultivated plants . Prolific breeders , their numbers swiftly spread over ...
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... predators of other small , soft bodied insects , par- ticularly aphids and scale insects , and therefore are beneficial in the garden and on the farm . REFERENCES : Doutt , R. 1958. Vice , virtue and the Vedalia . Entomol . Soc . Amer ...
... predators of other small , soft bodied insects , par- ticularly aphids and scale insects , and therefore are beneficial in the garden and on the farm . REFERENCES : Doutt , R. 1958. Vice , virtue and the Vedalia . Entomol . Soc . Amer ...
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a.-adult abdomen adults Angeles Basin antennae ants aphids aquatic areas arthropods b.-larva bees Beetles Family biology bite body brown burrow butterfly Calif California canyons caterpillars Characteristic insect Coast Live Oak Cockroach cocoon color common conspicuous Cricket Cutworm dark develop disease eggs elongate Entomol Eremobates feed female Figure Flea Flies Family flowers fore wings garden grasshoppers green ground habits hairs head hind wings host House Fly Human Louse inch long infest Katydid large numbers larvae legs light live Los Angeles Basin Louse male mantids mature Mites Mosquito Moths Family Mountains mouthparts nest nymphs occur organic pair parasitic pests prey prothorax pupa pupate REFERENCE San Gabriel San Gabriel Mountains Santa Monica Mountains scale insects Scorpion segment silk skin slender soil species specimens Spiders spots sting surface tarantula Termite thorax tick trees Univ usually Vector vegetation wasps Weevil Western wood yellow Yucca