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GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA INSECTS. 



HEMEROBID/E. 

 The larvae of these insects cover the body with excrement and rubbish. 

 They feed on plantlice. 

 Boriomyia coloradensis Banks. 



Hemerobius moestus Banks. tutatrix (not California.) 



Polystoechotes punctulatus Fabr. Sympherobius angustus Banks. 



pacificus Banks. californicus Banks. 



MYRMELEONID/E. 



These are the antlions or as the children usually call them ""doodle bugs" 

 The larvae make conical pitfalls in the sand and lie buried at the bottom 



of the burrow till some insect falls in the pit and then they grasp it, pull it 



under the sand and proceed to suck its blood. 



Acanthaclisis fallax (Ramb.) 

 Brachynemurus coquilletti Cur. 



exitalis (Walk.) 



ferox (Walk.) 



longipalpus Hag. 



maculosis BBanks. 



minusculus Banks. 



peregrinus — Myrmeleon. 



quadripunctatus Cur. 

 Dendroleon obsoletum (Say.) 



CONIOPTERYGID/E. 



Small insects with wings covered with a white powder. The larvae feed 

 on the eggs of red spiders, puncturing them and lapping out th contents 

 Coniwentzia hageni Banks. 



sackeni Hag. 

 tormicalio obsoletum — Dendroleon. 

 Maracandula bellula Banks. 

 Myrmeleon distans Banks. 



exitialis — Brachynemurus. 



fallax — Acanthaclisis. 



ferox — Brachynemurus. 



immaculatus Dru. 



peregrinus (Hag.) 



Figure, 361. Conventzia hageni, Eggs, larva, pupa. 



MANTISPID/E. 



Carnivorous insects living on vegetation and capturing rather large prey. 

 Symphasis signata Hag. 



