10>) FLIES FOR JULY. 



No. 36. RED ANT. 



This insect is very abundant on the water after 

 a swarm or flight of Ants and Emmets, the time of 

 which is uncertain. There are two sorts; the 

 black and the red of the size shewn, and two sorts 

 much smaller which are used later in the season. 



IMITATION. 



BODY. Peacock's herl tied with red-brown silk. 

 WINGS. From a feather of the light part of a 



starling's wing. 

 LEGS. A red cock's hackle. 



THE BLACK ANT is made of peacock's herl. and 

 black ostrich mixed, for the body. Wings from 

 the darkest part of the starling's wing, and legs a 

 black cock's hackle. 



