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INSECT CALENDAR. 



July, and the snuff-colored moth enters our windows at night, 

 iu company with a host of niijht flying moths. Tiiese large 



25t. Apple Borer, Lavva ami Pupa. 



moths, many of which are injurious to crops, are commonly 

 thought to feed on clothes and carpets. The true carpet and 

 / clothes moths are minute species, which flutter 

 noiselessly about our apartments. Their nar- 

 row, feathery wings are edged with long silken 

 fringes, and almost the slightest touch kills 

 them. 

 Among beetles, the various borers, such as 

 '^iSP'N the Saperda, or apple tree borer (Fig. 254) are 

 255. Lady Bug j^^^y pjxirhig, and fly in the hot sun about trees, 

 an upa. Nearly each tree has its peculiar enemy, which 

 drives its galleries into the 

 trunk and branches of the 

 tree. Among the Tiger 

 beetles, frequenting sandy 

 places, the large Cicindela 25.!. Lace-winged Fly and Eggs, 

 generosa and the Cicindela hirlicollis are most common. The 

 grotesque larvoe live in deep holes 

 in sand-banks. 



The nine-spotted Lady Bug, Coc- 

 cinella novemnotata (Fig. 255, with 

 pupa) is one of a large group of 

 beetles, most beneficial from tlieir 

 habit of feeding on the plant lice. 

 We figure another enemy of the 

 Aphides, Chrysopa, and its eggs (Fig. 25G), mounted each on a 

 long silken stalk, thus placed above the reach of harm. 



257. Forceps-tail. 



