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occasional dusky leaf-bug (Adelphochoris rapidus) (Fig. 262) are also 

 found. The large stinkbugs (Euschislus tristigmus and fissilis Uhl.) are 

 common. They may be predatory in the adult stage. The predatory 

 ambush-bug (Phymata erosa fasciaia) lies in wait for its prey in the 



FIG. 255. The garden spider (Argiope aurantia) on its web; about one-half 

 natural size. 



FIG. 256. The slender meadow grasshopper (Xiphidiumfasciahim) (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 



