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Adults. Larvae. 



May Beetle or June Bug White Grub. 



Rose Chafer or Rose Bug Grubs. 



Click Beetles or Snapping Beetles Wireworms. 



Leaf Beetle (various kinds) Worms. 



Flea Beetles Worms. 



Apple Tree Borer Worms. 



Curculio Worms. 



Cotton Boll Weevil . . Grubs. 



Some Predaceous Insects. 



By predaceous insects is meant those insects that devour the 

 bodies or suck the life blood of their victims, or live as parasites 

 and destroy the host. 



Among these predaceous insects are many valuable friends to 

 agriculture. 



They destroy many injurious insects according to their var- 

 ious habits of life. According to their mode of life they may be 

 classified as follows: 



1. Some devour their victims bodily with wide open jaws. 



2. Some pierce the body with pointed beaks and suck the lifeblood. 



3. Some insert lancelike ovipositors into the body of the victim 

 and deposit eggs that develop into parasites that attack the body. 



PREDACEOUS BEETLES. 

 Tiger Beetles. Ground Beetles. Ladybird Beetles. 



PREDACEOUS BUGS. 

 Soldier Bug. The Ambush Bug. The Wheel Bug. 



PREDACEOUS FLIES. (TWO^ WINGED.) 

 Robber Flies. Syrphus Fly. 



PREDACEOUS FOUR-WINGED FLIES. 

 Ants. The Social Wasps. The White-Faced Hornet Mud Wasps. 



The Dragon Fly. 

 The Aphis Lion, which is the larvae of the Golden-eyed, Lace-winged Fly. 



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