INDEX 



Mayflies — Continued 



58, 179, 183, 184, 185, 186, 

 188, 189, 192, 195, 198- 

 213, 257, 263, 272, 276, 

 303; adults, 199-203; 

 aquarium study, 39, 204; 

 artificial, as bait, 199; as 

 food, 243; associates, 204; 

 burrowing, 19, 21, 33, 204- 

 207; clamberers and run- 

 ners, 204, 208-2 1 1 ; collect- 

 ing, 33- 34» 35; egg-laying, 

 201-203; food, 203; habi- 

 tat, 203; identification, 

 204; life-history cages, 36; 

 mating, 201; nymphs, 16, 

 17- 34. 39,199; reproductive 

 capacity, 18-19; sprawl ers, 

 204, 21 1-2 I 3 



Medicine-droppers, for col- 

 lecting, 30 



Melicerta, 15, 130 



Metamorphosis, in insects, 

 185-188 



MesoveliidcE, 228 



Miall, L. C, 191 



Micropterus dolomieu, 342- 



343 



Midges, 22, 25, 50, 52, 215, 



226, 282; Chironomids, 

 283, 290, 291, 292; food for 

 larger insects, 17; larva?, 

 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 25, 34, 

 139, 144, 257; net-vemed, 

 283, 297-299 



Milfoils, feathery, 58; water, 

 99-100, 130 



Milkweeds, swamp, 79 



Miller's thumb, 345-346 



Minnows, 319, 326, 334-337; 

 blunt-nosed, 326, 336-337; 

 in rapids, 22, 34 



Mites, 175; see water-mites 



"Moccasin", 405-406 



Molanna, 254 



MolannidcB, 254 



Mollusca (mollusks), 301- 

 323; Gastropoda, 304-315; 



Pelecypoda,2>i 5-323 

 Mollusks, 14, 256, 301-323; 



associates and enemies, 



302-303; habits and habi- 



tat, 301-302 ; collecting and 

 aquarium study, 303-304; 

 mussels, 315-323; see also 

 mussels; snails, 304-315; 

 see also snails 



Montgomery, 142 



Mosquitoes, 98, 215, 226, 

 282, 283, 290, 293-296; 

 Anopheles, 295-296; Culex, 

 295; eggs, 294; habits, 293, 

 294; larvae, 8, 293; larvae, 

 as food, 239; life history, 

 study of, 37; malaria, 293, 

 295-296; phantom larvee, 

 294; pupai, 293; wrigglers, 

 3, 293; yellow fever, 293, 



295 



Moss animals, 131-138 



Mosses, 22, 25, 33-34. 59. 

 60-66; fountain, 22, 25, 62- 

 64; life history, 61; peat, 

 65-66; "red-tipped", 61; 

 ■ "reindeer", 61; sphagnum, 

 see sphagnum moss 



Moths, 75, 98, 179, 188, 190, 

 257-261; cat-tail, 70; leaf- 

 mining, 70 



Mud-puppies, 119, 347, 366- 

 368 



Muddlers, 345-346 



Mufflejaws, 345-346 



Mullets, 332-333 



Musci (mosses), 60-66 



Musculium, 322-323 



Muskrats, mussels as food of, 

 302-303 



Mussels, 34, 36, 119, 178, 

 301-304, 315-323; as food, 

 302-303; aquarium study, 

 303-304; body, forms, 317- 

 318; clams, 21, 116, 158, 



301, 315. 32 1-323; 'eggs and 

 young, 318-320; enemies, 

 302-303; habitat, 301-302; 

 in lakes, 20; in pools, 34; 

 in streams and marshes, 

 21; on bottom, 33; paper- 

 shells, 321; pearly, 320- 

 321; shell, form and move- 

 ments, 316-317; shell 

 growth, 317; sphere-shells, 

 34. 322 



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