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occasional dusky leaf-bug (Adelphochoris rapidus) (Fig. 262) are also 
found. The large stinkbugs (Euschistus tristigmus and fissilis Uhl.) are 
common. They may be predatory in the adult stage. The predatory 
ambush-bug (Phymata erosa fasciata) lies in wait for its prey in the 
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Fic. 255.—The garden spider (Argiope aurantia) on its web; about one-half 
natural size. 
Fic. 256.—The slender meadow grasshopper (Xiphidium fasciatum) (after Lugger). 
blossoms. A crab spider (Mesumena vatia) and a jumping spider 
(Phidippus audax) are common in the blossoms (40, p. 182.) Various 
lepidopterous larvae feed upon the rank weeds also. 
On weeds and blossoms grasshoppers are numerous; we find the Ne- 
braska conehead (Conocephalus nebrascensis) (see Fig. 260), the lubberly 
