- Chætosoma scaritides
Chætosoma scaritides - Colymbetes rufimanus - Larva
- Pterostichus opulentus
- Oral and digestive system of Deinacrida megacephala
Oral and digestive system of Deinacrida megacephala 1, mandibles 2, maxillæ 3, labrum 4, labium 5, maxillary palpi 6, labial palpi 8, œsophagus 9, crop 10, gizzard 11, pancreas 12, stomach 13, biliary vessels 14, ilium 15, colon 16, anus. - Body of an insect
Body of an insect (Hymenoptera), showing the principal divisions A, head B, thorax C, abdomen a, antenna c, compound eyes m, mandible s, simple eyes b, prothorax d, mesothorax k, metathorax 1W, fore-wing 2W, hind-wing n, coxa o, trochanter p, femur r, tibia t, tarsus 1 to 9 segments of the abdomen. - Staphylinus oculatus
Staphylinus oculatus - Stethaspis suturalis - Larva
Stethaspis suturalis - Larva - Pterostichus opulentus - Larva
- Dorcus punctulatus
Dorcus punctulatus - Dryocora howittii - Larva
Dryocora howittii - Larva - Colymbetes rufimanus
- Dryocora howittii
Dryocora howittii - Cicindela tuberculata - Larva
- Cicindela tuberculata
- A. Head of a typical Moth
showing proboscis formed by flexible maxillae (g) between the labial palps (p);c, face; e, eye; the structure m has been regarded as the vestige of a mandible. B. Basal part (b) of maxilla removed from head, with vestigial palp (p). Magnified. - Stethaspis suturalis
Stethaspis suturalis - Stages of the Diamond-back Moth
a, Diamond-back Moth (Plutella cruciferarum) b, young caterpillar, dorsal view c, full-grown caterpillar, dorsal view d, side view e, pupa, ventral view. From Journ. Dept. Agric. Ireland, vol. I - Chiasognathus Grantii, upper view
Chiasognathus Grantii, upper view - Spiderweb
The simple nests and tubes that have been described are made by spiders, most of which spin no other webs. The larger and better known cobwebs for catching insects are made by comparatively few species. On damp mornings in summer the grass-fields are seen to be half covered with flat webs, from an inch or two to a foot in diameter, which are considered by the weatherwise as signs of a fair day. These webs remain on the grass all the time, but only become visible from a distance when the dew settles on them. Figure is a diagram of one of these nests, supposed, for convenience, to be spun between pegs instead of grass. The flat part consists of strong threads from peg to peg, crossed by finer ones, which the spider spins with the long hind-spinnerets - Insect Frame 4
- Chiasognathus Grantii, under side
Chiasognathus Grantii, under side - Chiasognathus Grantii
2 Chiasognathus Grantii, under side 3,4 Maxillae with lacinia and palpus 5 Mentumprocesses of labium and palpi, under view 6 Base of anterior femora 7 Mentum, labium, &c. upper view 8 Labium with processes amd palpi, lateral view - Drassidæ
A large family of spiders, varying greatly in shape, color, and habits. Most of them are dull colored, and live under stones, or in silk tubes on plants, and make no webs for catching insects. Their eyes are small, and arranged in two rows on the front of the head. Their feet have two claws and a bunch of flat hairs. The spinnerets are usually long enough to extend a little behind the abdomen. The figure is a Drassus, and the eyes as seen from in front. - Evania appendigaster
- Insect Frame 2
- Butterfly frame
- Agalenidæ
Long-legged, brown spiders, with two spinnerets longer than the others, and extending out behind the body. Figure is Agalena nævia, the common grass spider. They make flat webs, with a funnel-shaped tube at one side, in which the spider waits. - Insect Frame 3
- Butterfly and flower frame
- Cockroach (Roach)
- Insect frame
- Common Cockroach
(Blatta orientalis). a, female; b, male; c, side view of female; d, young. After Marlatt, Entom. Bull. 4, U.S. Dept. Agric. The young creature is hatched from the egg in a form closely resembling, on the whole, that of its parent, so that the term 'miniature adult' sometimes applied to it, is not inappropriate. The baby cockroach is known by its flattened body, rounded prothorax, and stiff, jointed tail-feelers or cercopods; the baby grasshopper by its strong, elongate hind-legs, adapted, like those of the adult, for vigorous leaping. - Chiasognathus Grantii 2
- The cockroach mite
The cockroach mite, Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus - Protozoa from the gut of the wood-feeding cockroach
Protozoa from the gut of the wood-feeding cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus. A, Eucomonympha imla, female above, male below, c. X 375. (From Cleveland [1950c].) B, Barbulanympha sp. (From Cleveland [1953].) C, Urinympha talea, c. X 712. (From Cleveland [1951a].) D, Rhynchonympha tarda, c. X 450. (From Cleveland [1952].) E, Trichonympha okolona or T. algoa, c. X 390. - Two birds watching a bug
- Representative Protozoa associated with cockroaches
Representative Protozoa associated with cockroaches. A, Monocercomonoides melolonthae, X 3094 (after Grassé). B, Coelosporidium periplanetae, X 1310 (after Sprague); trophozoite with spores and chromatoid bodies. C, Endamoeba blattae, X 273 (after Kudo); trophozoite. D, Lophomonas striata, X 330 (after Kudo). E, Lophomonas blattarum, X 660 (after Kudo). F, Retortamonas blattae, X 3094 (after Wenrich). G, Nyctotherus ovalis, X 175 (after Kudo). H, Gregarina rhyparobiae, c. X 52: mature trophozoite attached to intestinal wall of Leucophaea maderae. (Redrawn from J. M. Watson [1945].) I, Diplocystis schneideri, c. X 14.4 (after Kunstler). J, Gregarina blattarum, c. X 57 (after Kudo). K, Protomagalhaesia serpentula, X 36 (after Pinto). L, Gamocystis tenax, magnification not known (after Schneider). - Relationship between a mature plant of Herpomyces stylopygae and the integument of Blatta orientalis
Diagram illustrating the relationship between a mature plant of Herpomyces stylopygae and the integument of Blatta orientalis. Richards and Smith have studied the life history of Herpomyces stylopygae on the oriental cockroach. The plants grow only on living cockroaches, and the infection is disseminated by contact. - Cockroach-hunting wasps
Cockroach-hunting wasps. A, Dolichurus stantoni leading a nymph of Blattella lituricollis to her nest, c. X 4. B, Podium haematogastrum attaching her egg to an Epilampra sp. while on the side of a termite mound that contains the wasp's nest, c. X 1.6. C, Epilampra sp. parasitized by P. haematogastrum showing the wasp's egg attached to the right fore coxa, c. X 3.2. - Flowers
- Bees on clover
- Gecko, chasing cockroaches
- The Pursuit
Birds chasing insects - On the Watch
Bird watching a butterfly - Bees in Clover