Identifier: insectsathomebe00wood (find matches)
Title: Insects at home; being a popular account of insects, their structure, habits and transformations
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS
Subjects: Entomology
Publisher: New York, Scribner
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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wo respecting the well-knowninsect, the Phyliopertha horticola, which is called indifferentlyBracken Clock or June Bug, and is known to anglers by its oldWelsh name of Coch-y-bondhu, often corrupted by them intothe rather ludicrous word Cockerbundy. It is about half aninch in length, and has reddish-brown elytra and dark-greenhead and thorax. It is found in great abundance—often toogreat abundance for any except anglers—busily engaged indevouring the leaves, blossoms, and even the young fruit of ourorchard-trees. In its larval state it does much harm to thegrasses, of which it devours the roots, much after the fashion PLATE V.CHAFERS. 1. Cetonia aurata. 2. Melolontha vulgaris (Male). 3. Geotrupes stercorarius. 4. Lucanus cervus. 5. Lucanus cervus, larva (very young). 6. Cetonia aurata, larva (three parts grown). 7. Cetonia aurata (Pupa cases or Cocoons). 8. Geotrupes stercorarius, larva (young). 9. Melolontha vulgaris, larva (three parts grovni). Plant:— Wild Bose (Hosa cantnd).
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\r\u M THE COMMON COCKCHAFEE. 115 of the cockchafer grub, whose ill deeds will presently berecorded. The insect belongs to the family Rutelidoe, the members ofwhich have strong, horny mandibles, those of the precedingfamily being only horny on the outside ; and, besides thesedifferences, the elytra are lined with a membrane whichprojects a little behind. In the genus to which we are re-ferring, the antennae have nine joints, the clypeus is short, andthe thorax is narrowed behind. The name Phyllopertha iscomposed of two Greek words, signifying leaf-destroyer, andis very appropriately given to this insect, on account of theravages which it makes among the leaves of fruit-trees. Thespecific title of horticola is formed from two Latin words, andsignifies garden-frequenting. Next we come to the small though important family ofthe Melolonthidae, which includes those insects which are popu-larly called Cockchafers. Only five species of this family in-habit England, and of these only two are

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