Report of the Entomologic Field Station Conducted at Old Forge, N.Y., in the Summer of 1905 (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908. Excerpt: ... The head when dissected out of the prothorax shows a median blackish line, dilated behind where it joins at the rear of the head, and shorter, blackish, paired stripes that lie upon the hind angles externally. The length of the head is three times its width. The blackish mandibles are armed internally with abput five teeth among which are two longer ones that alternate with three shorter ones. The maxillae are shorter than the mandibles, and each bears a bunch of fleshy processes upon its tip. Life history of Dicranomyia simulans Walk This common and widespread species is found about wet logs on the edges of streams, and on wave beaten shores. I had an excellent opportunity for observing its life history and habits at Lake Forest, 1ll., during several weeks of the latter part of the summer of 1906. It is abundant on the piers along the west shore of Lake Michigan, and the "Ferry Hall Pier" at Lake Forest was conveniently near the cottage in which I was living. This pier was built on heavy driven piling, covered outside with heavy plank. About three feet of surface was exposed above the water at its normal stage. The planks were old, and sheltered a scanty growth of- short, stemmed mosses in the cracks, and bore a heavy fringe of Cladophora and other algae just below the water line, with a film of "skin algae" extending a little higher. All over the sides of the plank, in either sun or shade, the adult simulans could be seen throughout the summer months, sometimes in considerable numbers. I was first attracted to notice them by their habit of running rapidly sidewise along the pier, and their resemblance to harvestmen (Phalangidae). They run habitually sidewise, apparently rarely moving forward except to escape an obstruction, and very rarely appearin...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908. Excerpt: ... The head when dissected out of the prothorax shows a median blackish line, dilated behind where it joins at the rear of the head, and shorter, blackish, paired stripes that lie upon the hind angles externally. The length of the head is three times its width. The blackish mandibles are armed internally with abput five teeth among which are two longer ones that alternate with three shorter ones. The maxillae are shorter than the mandibles, and each bears a bunch of fleshy processes upon its tip. Life history of Dicranomyia simulans Walk This common and widespread species is found about wet logs on the edges of streams, and on wave beaten shores. I had an excellent opportunity for observing its life history and habits at Lake Forest, 1ll., during several weeks of the latter part of the summer of 1906. It is abundant on the piers along the west shore of Lake Michigan, and the "Ferry Hall Pier" at Lake Forest was conveniently near the cottage in which I was living. This pier was built on heavy driven piling, covered outside with heavy plank. About three feet of surface was exposed above the water at its normal stage. The planks were old, and sheltered a scanty growth of- short, stemmed mosses in the cracks, and bore a heavy fringe of Cladophora and other algae just below the water line, with a film of "skin algae" extending a little higher. All over the sides of the plank, in either sun or shade, the adult simulans could be seen throughout the summer months, sometimes in considerable numbers. I was first attracted to notice them by their habit of running rapidly sidewise along the pier, and their resemblance to harvestmen (Phalangidae). They run habitually sidewise, apparently rarely moving forward except to escape an obstruction, and very rarely appearin...

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General Books LLC

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United States

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February 2012

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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40

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978-1-4590-6585-7

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9781459065857

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1-4590-6585-9



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