WATER-SCORPION— WATER-BUG 119 



Do any of these revelers ever recover from their 

 dissipation, and finally reach the water for which 

 they started, and settle down to sober bughood? 



" It's a wonder, it's a wonder 

 That they live to tell the tale ! " 



In the muddy streams the giant water -bugs 

 are more at home and prey upon other insects and 

 even small fish, their great size enabling them to 

 overpower most of the smaller denizens of the 

 water. The young giants greatly resemble the 

 adults in shape but are usually green in color. They 

 lack also the heavy coats of mail and the strong 

 wings of the adults. When full grown they measure 

 from an inch and three-quarters to two inches and 

 a half in length. 



