How to Know the BeetlesDescribes the physical characteristics, habits and habitats of 1500 species of beetles. |
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Page 179
... blackish and roughened with coarse punctures and a small tubercle on the head . The male is shin- ing black ; its elytra are spotted with black and dull green . A fringe of rust - red hairs ornament the long upper horn on its ventral ...
... blackish and roughened with coarse punctures and a small tubercle on the head . The male is shin- ing black ; its elytra are spotted with black and dull green . A fringe of rust - red hairs ornament the long upper horn on its ventral ...
Page 275
... blackish . N. flabellata ( Fab . ) attains the same size . It is reddish throughout except the elytra and most of the antennae which are black . The thorax is wider than in the above . Two other genera belong to this small family ...
... blackish . N. flabellata ( Fab . ) attains the same size . It is reddish throughout except the elytra and most of the antennae which are black . The thorax is wider than in the above . Two other genera belong to this small family ...
Page 288
... blackish . Z. sayi Wick . , similar in shape and size but wholly pale greenish - yellow , seems to con- fine itself to flowers of the tar weed , Grindelia squarrosa . It ranges largely west of the Mis- souri river into the Rocky Mt ...
... blackish . Z. sayi Wick . , similar in shape and size but wholly pale greenish - yellow , seems to con- fine itself to flowers of the tar weed , Grindelia squarrosa . It ranges largely west of the Mis- souri river into the Rocky Mt ...
Contents
Use of the PicturedKey | 19 |
PicturedKey to the Genera and Species of Some Common Beetles | 61 |
General References | 395 |
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abdomen adults antennae antennae and legs apex apical bark basal base beak beetles blackish Blister Beetle bronze brownish brownish-yellow Canada Central and Eastern claws coarse punctures color common convex covered coxae coxal cavities coxal plates dark brown dark reddish-brown densely dorsal dull yellow Eastern half United Eastern U. S. Eastern United elongate elytra elytral striae elytron eyes feed femora flattened front coxae front tibiae fungi genus gray green groove hairs half of United head and thorax Hind coxae hind tibiae Horn insects labrum larvae last segment legs and antennae LENGTH lobed male mandibles marked as pictured maxillary palpi Melsh metathorax middle oval paler pest piceous pronotum Prosternum prothorax pubescence pygidium RANGE reddish reddish-yellow ridges scutellum shining black side slender species striae suture tarsi tennae thorax thorax and elytra tibiae tles tooth tured U. S. and Canada usually Weevil wholly black yellowish