. Coleoptera. Beetles. BEETLES. 389 fields during thf iiight. The insects of tliis family respire under water from a supply of air wbieh tbey earry abmit attached to the puliescence of the under surface of their bodies; and tliis air, which appears like a sheet of silver beneath the beetle when in the water, is often renewed by the insect comint;- to the surface. The life history and habits of some of the Hydro)ihilidiB are interesting in the extreme because of the nest which the females construct and in which they deposit their eggs. This cocoon-like nest is produced by the hardening of .a ge
GLIX-115-REJBYG
Magyarország
Kollekció
GLIX Prime
Novel Use
Fotós / Szerző
The Book Worm
Leírás
. Coleoptera. Beetles. BEETLES. 389 fields during thf iiight. The insects of tliis family respire under water from a supply of air wbieh tbey earry abmit attached to the puliescence of the under surface of their bodies; and tliis air, which appears like a sheet of silver beneath the beetle when in the water, is often renewed by the insect comint;- to the surface. The life history and habits of some of the Hydro)ihilidiB are interesting in the extreme because of the nest which the females construct and in which they deposit their eggs. This cocoon-like nest is produced by the hardening of .a ge