INSECT FOOD OF THE LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. 25 



LIST OF INSECTS DESTROYED BY THE LOGGERHEAD. 1 



Orthoptera : 



Grasshoppers . 



IMelanoplus femiirrubrum. 

 Camnula atrox. 

 Dissosteira Carolina. 

 Schistocerca americana. 



^Locusiidw. 

 Crickets aud mole crickets {GryUidce). 

 Coleoptera : 



Ground beetles (Carabidw). 



Scarabseids 



[Anisodactylus. 

 Amara interstitialis. 

 Lehia. 

 Harpalus. 

 Pterostichus. 

 Caraius ?. 

 May beetles. 



Tumblebug8....i<^«"^'^»**- 



[Geotrupes. 



Dung beetles {Aphodius hyperhorcus). 

 Flower beetles {Euphoria). 



Histerids (ITister). 



Longicorn beetles (Cerambycidw). 



Rove beetles {Staphylinidw) . 



Tiger beetles (Cicindelidw). 



Click beetles (Elateridw) \_Melanotus^. 



Carrion beetles (Silphidw) ,,,\Silpha ramosa. 



(Kecrophorus marginatus. 

 Weevils {Rhynchophora). 



Darkling beetles {Tenebrionidw) . . . .[^i''' ceramioides. 

 [Eleodes tricostata. 

 Remiptera : 



Bugs {Hetvroptera). 

 Odonata : 



Dragon flies.. ..H^''*''"- 



[Liiellula. 



Lepidoptera : 



Cutworms {Noctnidce). 



Canker-worms (Geometridw). 



Arctiidce. 



Hymenoptera : 



Ants 1 ^'^''wwciticc Camponotiis peiinsylvanicus. 



[Myrmicidm. 



Wasps ( Vespina, Sphecina, Urocerus). 

 Diptera : 



Crane flies {Tipulidw). 

 Epliemeridw : 



May flies. 



OTHER INVERTEBRATES DESTROY'ED BY THE LOGGERHEAD. 



Spiders. 

 Snails. 

 Thousand legs. 



Some of these insects are from records sent in by Mr. Ernest Seton Thompson, 

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