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species has a decided taste for feathers, though it infests carpets 

 and attacks many other substances. It is quite common in Al- 

 bany. 



Treatment: same as for the preceding. 



mJ^k 



Fig. 64 Black carpet beetle : a larva ; h pupa ; c adult beetle— all enlarged (after Howard, U. S. 

 dep't agr,, div. ent., bull. 4, n. s.) 



73 Little red ant (Monomorium pharaonis). This is 

 the common yellowish red ant about ^^ inch long that frequents 



houses in such numbers at times. 

 Several other species occur in 

 houses, but in this latitude the 



little red ant is 

 the most an- 

 noying^ as a 

 rule. 



Treatment: 

 destroy colony 

 with carbon bi- 



FiG. 65 Little red ant: a female; h neuter or worker— enlarged (after Riley) SUlfid whcU DOS- 



sible. This is done by using a broom handle to make holes 

 in the nest a few inches deep and several inches apart, pour- 



