Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 570
rs. Nothing more wonderful has been accom-plished in economic entomology than the subduing inCalifornia of the cottony cushion-scale by the introduc-tion from Australia of a ladybug, Vedalia, which feedsupon it. the stag-beetle. The Knowle,Maidenhead, Eng-land.Dear St. Nicho-las : I send you… … THE STAG-BEETI.E. Drawn from the specimen sent bythe writer of this letter. This is the com-mon stag-beetle ofEngland, and takes its name from the fact thatthe long mandibles (or jaws, perhaps you callthem) are branched like the antlers of the stag. a very beautiful beetle. Oshkosh, Wis.Dear St.…
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