1920] Dozicr: Insects of Florida 353: 



PART III. 

 Annotated List of Insects. 



ACARINA. 



Eriophyes abnormis. This species of mite produces countless'- 

 niunbers of small galls on the leaves of basswood. 



Trombidium locustarum Say. The Locust Mite. Locusts are 

 frequently taken with these small red mites attached to their bodies. 

 They are parasitic upon both the adults and their eggs. 



Trombidium spp. Red-bugs. The six-legged larvae of a number of 

 species are the "red-bugs" or "chiggers" so commonly met with in the 

 woods that attach themselves to man and cause serious annoyance. 

 They burrow beneath the skin and produce inflamed spots. The 

 mature mite is not parasitic, but wanders about feeding on sm.all 

 insects. 



Tetranychus telarius Linn. Common Red-spider. This species of 

 red-spider is abundant everywhere on the small weeds and plants of the 

 hammocks. 



INSECTS. 



PLATYPTERA. 



TERMITID^. 



Termes flavipes Roll. White Ant or Termite. White ants or 

 termites are found the year round working in stumps and logs in an. 

 early stage of decay. A large colony of workers and soldiers were found 

 working in a fallen limb of cypress December 21st. 



These insects feed mainly upon woody material and are active agents'- 

 in hastening the decay and destruction of the dead wood of the forest- 

 floor. (See Snyder, '15 and '16). 



NEUROPTERA. 



Chrysopa oculata Say. Lace-wing Fly. Both adults and larvae- 

 of this species of aphis-lion may be found during the majority of the 

 year in the hammocks. 



Brachynemurus carrizonus. This and a number of other unidenti- 

 fied species of ant-lions have been taken. 



ODONATA. 



AGRIONID^. 



Agrion maculatum Beauv. Black Damsel-fly. This s]3ecies is qtiite 

 common March-June 5. It prefers the smaller streams, seeking the cool,, 

 shady places where the vegetation is rankest. It was abundant at 

 Hogtown Creek April 9th. 



