COLEOFFERA 



111 



(Lucanus dama) 

 presents a life 

 liistory similar 

 to the June 

 beetle, but the 

 larval and pupal 

 stages are passed 

 in decaying 

 wood. 



TheLongicorn 

 Beetles (Ceram- 

 bycidce) form a 

 family including 

 eight thousand 

 species whose 

 larva? are wood 

 borers tunneling 

 through trees. 



TVi orl If FlG. 125. Stag beetle; a, antenna ; e, eye; m, mandible 



p, palpus. Photograph natural size. 



characterized by 



long, many-jointed antennse. The locust borer (Clytus 



robinice), whose white, 

 grublike larva lives in 

 the locust tree, may be 

 found in September on 

 the golden rods. The 

 apple tree borer issues 

 as an adult from the 

 apple tree in July and 

 FIG. 126. Larva of the stag beetle. Black may be recognized by 



spots on the side are spiracles. Photograph . ,, . , . ' 



natural size. the two yellowish stripes 



