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Fig. 157 Cicada killer (author 



attracted to the exudation from the starting buds, though in no instance 



was it detected trying to capture insects. 

 This species received its common 

 name because of its habit of preying on 

 the cicada, which is stung into insensi- 

 bility, then dragged to the foot of the 

 burrow, an ttgg deposited and the exca- 

 vation filled. In due time the grub 

 appears, feeds on its prey and develops 

 into a wasp. This insect has been so 

 abundant at Poughkeepsie as to occasion complaints because its numer- 

 ous large burrows rendered lawns unsightly. 



Fifteen-spotted lady beetle 



Aitaf/s Oicllata Linn. 

 This large rather common species was met with on hard pine at 

 Karner in 1901, where it 

 probably prejed on plant 

 lice and other small forms 

 infesting the trees. This 

 species was observed on 

 several occasions about 

 other trees infested h\ 

 l)lant lice, particularly 

 pines where Chermes p. , „.. . j i j ^ .1 i- 1, ^^ ,, , ,,.-,> 



I hii;. 158 Fifieen-spotted lady beetle, light and dark f.irm, enlarged (original) 



pinicorticis Fitch was abundant and also in the vicinity of Norway 

 maples infested by Chaitophorus aceris Linn. 



