30 TEXAS NATXIEE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 



The number of eggs laid by 

 individual fly averages about 120, 

 etc. 



In our warm Texas climate 

 flies and other insects usually 

 develop rapidly and in a very 



V/ith the greater interest taken 

 by the pubUc in general and the 

 laudable work of the local press 

 and city officials on educating 

 the people on the fly, mosquito 

 and other insects, the time will 



Photomicrograph of Mouth Parts op Housefly 



1. Capillary Absorption Tubules of the Flexible Tongue. 2. Muscular Sheath Containing Tubules 



Leading to the Stomach. 3. Antenae. 4. Part of the Eyeglobes (Prismatic Eyecapsule.) 



short time, and the blowfly variety 

 especially can often be noticed 

 depositing live larvae, also such 

 species as the common house varie- 

 ty as thefirst oneinthephotoview 

 herein, which usually seeks a 

 horse manure pile to deposit their 

 offspring in. 



undoubtedly arrive soon when the 

 populace will be decidedly less 

 molested and endangered by such 

 pests; the main point is to heed 

 such advice more and exert a 

 little common sense and do some- 

 thing to keep the houses and 

 premises free of injurious insects. 



