Summary of Life Cycle. 
Larvae fed on moist sheeps' dung. 
Eggs procured from captive females. 
Average day temperature - . j2° F 
Average night temperature o<?° F 
Month - August. 
Ova— Incubation period - 2 , 
Larval stage - _ 
Pupal stage - 
Complete cycle 
-21 .. 
9 -13 « 
25—37 h 
Summary of Life Cycle 
Fo °d allowed to partly dry and some light admitted, 
temperatures as above, during the month of August. 
Ova—Incubation period - 
Larval stage - . - - 2 3 days 
Pupal stage approximately as above 
Complete cycle 
■Some larvae of this brood may hibernate through the winter 
Additional Field Notes. 
search for the larvae ITJriou^ . the P ress 1 continued 
Chester, and on 21st SeDtemh 5 ^ aces a few miles radiu; 
finding the insect in all s ta»e my eff ° rtS Were at lasl rewarded 
on the outside of a cucumber b H “? ) tamor P h °sis The habitat1 
males and females were djsnorf ' fu R ° SSett ' Flintshire. Here b 
“d also on some matting usedT themSe,ves on ‘lie cucumber fra 
was first g.ven to an ex f m “ e j cov “ing the glass. My attend 
ho ‘-bed. but this was quite “Id r ““ S ‘ abIe — forming . 
7 "ld b /' to the ratheTd v n ? Ve ' “ 1 Ve " tIlred >° ‘l™k that 
a^gs,de the cucumber bed waf a h ^ ^ " a,ls But ** 
recem, Ul t d dU ™^ *e seal n ?? ° f «"■»»»**, which In 
this tl y bCen deposite d, and this w 6 uppermost layer had on 
tered a\ graSS Was <Wte rotten LT ‘LT h0t (9 °° to 9 S ° F ), belo 
temperature of ;o ° F n '" th moisture, but reg> 
F - It was ,» this layer that 1 found ?h 
