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THE LIVING ANIMALS 
OF THE WORLD 
Photo by H’, P. Dando, F.Z.S. 
MALE STAG-BEETLE 
The males are often 2 inches long ; the females have comparatively small 
jaws 
bury them. 
being exactly sufficient for its requirements. 
sect; it tunnels down to a 
depth of 14 or 15 inches be- 
neath a patch of excrement, and 
lays its egg at the bottom of 
the burrow. 
The SkipjyAcK BEETLES, 
parents of the well-known Wire- 
worms, which cause so much 
mischief by feeding upon the 
roots of cultivated crops, repre- 
sent another group. These 
beetles owe their popular title 
to their singular method of re- 
gaining their feet when they 
happen to roll over upon their 
backs. Their bodies being very 
smooth and polished, and their 
legs very short, they cannot re- 
cover their footing in the 
ordinary manner. On the lower 
part of the body, however, is a 
highly elastic spine, known as 
low trees soon after sunset, while the 
smaller COCH-Y-BONDDHU — the “ Cocker- 
bundy” of the angler — often appears about 
the same time in hundreds of thousands. 
The beautiful 
ROSE-BEETLE, | 
too, with its ‘| 
bright golden- 
green 
cases marked 
with wavy 
whitish lines, 
may often be 
sunning 
wing- 
seen 
itself in roses 
or on the 
blossoms of 
pinks. 
T hie 
fam © w& s 
EGYPTIAN 
SCARAB.EUS is 
also a member 
of this group. 
Photo by HW’. P. Dando, F.Z.S. 
Regent's Park 
SKIPJACK BEETLE 
The larvae of this family are known 
as Wire-worms 
It is remarkable not only 
for the sacred character attributed to it 
by the ancient Egyptians, but also for its 
curious habit of rolling along balls of dung 
until it can find a soft spot in which to 
When the egg hatches, the grub feeds upon the dung, the quantity provided 
The common Dor BEETLE is allied to this in- 
Photo by L, H. Foutel] 
[New York 
HERCULES BEETLE FLYING 
The most remarkable feature about this insect is its huge horn-like projection from the thorax, 
which is nearly as long as the rest of its body 
