New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-17
rHE G .As,HOPPERs, FOE.
TIE TERRIBLE AABLYCnnA CYLjNDE.FoiMlS-A'N'
OF prrp,crors INSECTS, WITH 4 FoNDNE'
FoR BONED TURKEY.


THE TERRIBLE .xrLYcnnA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OF PEEDACrous INSECTS. WITH A FoNDNE'S
ron DONED TURKEY.
4 TRIBUNE reporter went to Rdgewood y.
D. yesterday 10 zen the only living specimen VI 'H'
nrefaeeous insect. the Ambiyshdd tWHdrv~HS pos
sessed by the scientific world II bad unioftunh'eF'
inst been taken 10 Philadelphia by Dr, George li ho''
but A. 3 Fuller, cntomo!og.s 1T whose house mo
insect was kept gave the following description ana MS
tory occasionally irqtratirg his meaning BY reference
to dead specimens On his collection
The Abgclia Is King Of iis Kind, being IRON two to
81 ( times rs large one OF tho predaceoa aP'u-
cha, n,,,nber almost 100 II has been the ambition and
despair Of nauras for mp 70 last year not dozen spe
cmens had been found and among thcm not one IlT-
ing insect As it was wanting IN the majority
OF collections 1t became standing joke among
the brotherhood ask: Have y0n got an Am
bychlai" Tie live specimen obtained by Mr.
Guild OF Monument Station, the Kansas Pacific Rail
road is an lnchand-a-haf long it, thoraN - black,
round and smooth lis wing covers ore reddish poNn
coarsev puucured with ridges running leng,iwNs
OF each wiag cover. Its jaws comparatively I'M
eusc IL legs long slender ard black ana the insect
uso good adv Inacc IN running at lively pace
Its teeth are very sharp and canine in form II Is fur
nshed with fOurrrougcd moars ana teen Tor cutting
m ifs prey Hitherto the scientific world has been IN
total Ignorance 10 s habits, and il was supposed inst
the dead carcas,s ~ bu,TilOcs were It's faFoc meat
The experiments OF last week. however, have demon
strd that CrdsshOpper5 aud May beetles its food
It's manner % eating was also found very curious
with its sharp teeth il cuts IN two, with
one snap. the unfortunate grlssh0pper Then II
takes a rest ANA after scn it, p.ey il squeczes anu
sucks It's juice This alone swallowed, while the re-
mandcr is thrown away. Fresh chicken was tried to
tempt It's appetite and strange 10 proved entirely to
ifs taste II also developed foRpess Of boned turkey
1t burrows Ike MOLE aud in The daytime lives in holes
81 its own excavation. This fact alono might have
AAablgchiiQ j. allied 10 the Cicird1d, or common
tCcr-b,ctle. which lives much Htef inc Himo
fashion. and 0n em"rgcs from itS cave 10 ENJOY iAy
flies ~ w long this specimen can DC kept awe is
problem and tic greatest viii b. exercised III oilrs
u ascertain ifs natural term or existence. M futI
saws tina. u probably lives TWO years. ...,..
TIE earliest specimen WAS discovered u'du III tiN
OF Inc Rocky Mountains, SOB 10y james say q" PM
aielpit naturalist. ~ wa3 mchionci ~ me "0Nffdu o.
tie eaB Of Natural Sciences but ahnos hOiaHs VIZ
known of Ifs habits OF living subject II re-
was taken tor that insect, WHINE Us Ihysi''d
/ construction showed il was clru' crou> IL Wis
/ 10 lrst east ~ the MISSISSIPPI, anu
although il was forwarded tO PliGdcip1lh y was ne
specmeu WIS discovered under more favorable auspices
ou tac Stakct Plans 10 was dead, nat q Government
surveying tx p.dnu brought ID EAst ana IL Is now IN
Drgafa museum in Philadelphia W to The present
inc fabffbti Dr. IIor has been seen by the lctli
naiu..sis Pennsy iyauii, &e~-Jersey Canada aud
NrW-l ok.
the Amblyctaa would be codsend to
Prof Riley on his crasshopper expedition" slS-
eestcd the reporter. Yes, indeed replied hr.
Faller Il .rH one would make way WAN
letting slip dog. of the mlraudcrs. Now mat
know something ~ the Insect We may ne aDc 10 30
mascae %. Al present innIDs district 2OJD miles
long b. 1000 miles WIDE rom kansas to California