Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-16

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e " Annelida," or true worms wllhou
! legs, as the earth worm.
e 81. Animals with soft bodies, called
" Molusca." These are without distinct
5 joints, and have no internal or external
: skeleton.
4th. Animals that radiate from cen.
trail point Ike stars, called " Radiata.
But We will return to our special class
=. Insects are further known by having their
d bodies divided into three iistinc; parts. a.
! follows: The head, containing the organs
Of sense, the thorax. which bears the or.
: gans Of locomotion, and the abdOnen.
z They also undergo a series of molts or
changes, and usually exist in four distinct
,tages, known as the egg, next as the
" larva, or masked or hidden form, usu-
ally SO unlike as not to be known By its
: appearance though an active stage Of it,
life, then a. the "pupa or "chrysalis."
which IS an inactive state, and lastly. as
the image " Or perfect and usually beau
tiful insect.
To sum up, an insect IS thirteen Joint
Ell, six legged animal, divided into three
distinct parts, as above described, and
may be with or without wings; with an
external skeleton, and undergoing trans
formations, breathing through little breath.
Ting holes in its sides, known as "spiracles"
which lead to air tubes, answering to our
lungs, and known As tracha.
This short explanation shows how we
may best prepare ourselves to fight this
common enemy. If we can in any wav
stop their breath, by dust or any viscid
substance, that stops the spiracles BY fill !
ing them We drown them rs we would
drown in water With many this method
IS very effective, as breath is much more
necessary than food. In fact, to the adult |
insect food is not always necessary, while
breath ever is.
Bat our insect Is further classified:
lst. Hymenof terra" meaning clear
Or membrane winged. as Flies, Bees, etc.
Some insects Of this order have mouths
ii. ed for biting and sucking, with a COM
pick structure, as the honey bee
%. Coleoptera,r meaning sheathed
or covered wings. These are known as
beetles, and 90 through a complete trans
formation The Colorado Potato Bug /"
is bee,l. Of this class.
3D.. "Lepidoptera, meaning scale wings.
or wings with Microscopic plumage, as
Butterflies and Moths; transformations
also complete.
4ih. "Hemip.era, or half winged.
Tie insects Ct this order are known As
bugs. some have no wings, or only rudi-
meutary ones, while others are winged
and feed upon plants only.
9TH. "Diptera, meaning twice winged
or two winged. If
This order Is very troublesome to man. !
and are found everywhere upon the earih's
surface where inhabitable; the Mosquito,
Gaat, Wheat Nudge, Cabbage Maggot. 4
Oaion Maggo,, etc, belonging to this or 9
der.
9Th. 0rthoptcra,' or straight wings, =
meaning straight winged insects, which :
include the Grasshoppers, Locusts, etc. l.
7fh. Nenroptera," or nerve winged i
insects, their wings resembling network, .
IS the Dragon Fly. o
Many of this order are beneficial and Il
ew really injurious to man. p
The time was when any person that at :. :.
emptcd the study Of the insect world was
lerided and laughed ut; the derisive term Ii
If " Bug-Hunter was applied to him, and
very person supposed that to run after and ~ y,
aich bugs was the insane idea in his life ri
More than century ago the Swedish a.
authorities became greatly alarmed at the Ell
earful destruction of the timber in their III
ock-yards by a minute boring beetle. III
hey at length applied to that renowned ne
bug-hunter,' Linneus. He told them al
nat the perfect beetle, that laid the eggs
Or the borer, only appeared in the month
May, and if they would submerge their n
mber that month they would be free 10
ON lis ravages. The government did
his, and by this simple and inexpensive 81
lelhod saved their timber, and at the an
lne time brought the " bug-hunter into u, Ia
.spect as in Entomologist, term from Ii
lie Greek meaning one who discourses co
pom insects or treats Of them and their NJ
abits. 50
In Prussia and Germany The rudimenis sta
Entomology are taught in their COM II
ION schools. and | would ask if in a coun- gu
y where the damage from insects is va a.
ously estimated from one hundred mill Tt
ms to one billion of dollars per annum, rel
Id the determination of insect pests be- IN
mes almost imperative, if it is not worth mi
lille for Us to look about us for the neces- pb
ry information to intelligently fight our me
esq SUI
we
In n letter before me. am asked uaI
What is science good for. if scientific gre
en- are bafiled by one little insect which I'M
ey cannot devise means to exterminate?" ~
Science is not baflled, but, like Hercules teg
the old fable of the wagner, can help loo
u, and will help you only when you val
Up yourselves. may now hear you or.
k: How we may help ourselves?" or to {
W Vermont alone can bel p herself. We
~ safely calculate that the insect rava. I
) in Vermont for the year 1877 will ex- at
ID three millions Of dollars. Now is it mel
} much to say that concerted action on a M,
part of al agriculturists would decrease bay
5 damage one-half9 Did science have the
control Of our legislature, law would mill
uire, and enforce the necessary concert r Du.'
action. and while apricuIturists ..,onId -.