St. Landry democrat., 1890-08-16
Our Evening Callers.

During these pleasant summer evenings;
when the doors and windows are opeh7o
wide for the cooling gulf breezes 10 enter
many curious callers attracted by the lamp
light, come humping and buzzlng ABOUT
startling us by their abrupt entrance.
They furnish much sport for the kittens
who are anxious to make their acqualn-
lance and are yet much afraid of them.
A large beetle has just fallen on the
table and we will drop little cbloroform
on his head to quiet him, while We exam
inc and see if it is possible to learn his
name He is a very fierce looking fellow;
notice the three little horns on his glossy
head What strong legs he has, ana no"
GLOSSY his back is, underneath his SHINING
armor are two delicate, gauzy wings toldeo
away when he is not flying.
The shining back is onl nara cover
ing called "wing cases to protect 'ne
tender wings from injury.
His name is Typl9 us and he Is named
from tabled giant who was so oreaulul
| looking, that the mere sight OF his lace
| frightened Jove and all the other goos oo'
of heaven.
But like the giant he is not as fierce as ne
looks and can be handled without the least
injury to person.
| llHY are great DuITOwC1o Al VIZ
| When the mother beetle is ready to lay
her eggs, she digs tunnel straight down
some twelve inches deep and lay one egg
then she crawls out, digs another, lays
another egg, and so on until all are laio l.
Now YOU see the reason they have such
strong large legs; they need them TO dig
with
While we have been examining TINS
beetle several more have come in we Will
capture and quiet them also and see no"
they differ from the TyphGus.
One of them is very feroclous looking
He has short powerful jaws that are
shaped somewhat like the anters OF stag
so he is called the Stag Beetle also Horn
Bug.
They are dark brown in color, and TIL;
one is little more than an inch long bu
they grow to three inches in length 1heI
live on the Juices of fruits and tw1gs
which they pierce with their strong jaws
and they can piuch person severely, eVe'
after the head has been severed from tn'
BODY. We found much amusement il
watching one that we placed under gop
let on white plate, with splinter unde
the edge to admit air. He was fed on bit
of melon and tomato, but what he mos
liked was moistened sugar.
We will look at this graytsh colore'
beetle next. Notice that he is only hal
an inch long, and how he is covered will
gray hairs. Under magnifylng glas
, these look quite yellowish-like the dow
on a chicken, little boy said when b
saw it. 1t is called the hairy whirliglg
1t does not like daylight much, but hide
in the banks of running streams. ferhsp
this ones home is in the banks OF llttl
brook that flows through our grounds /
r does not like society either, as many othe
beetles do, but flies about by itself /
search of food.
One more insect and we will be done
1t is quite familiar to you, and is know
by the name of "stink bug" but there al
otner names for it that do not have SO rud
a sound. They are called bishops
r bishops inter, on account of their form
| think you all know what inter is, d
n you not I They are also called inter bug
which think Is the easiest name to ca
| them by.
y Every one knows how dreadfully fru
: tastes when these bugs have been on /
Fruit growers dread them, Tor they sue
n the Juice of the fruit as soon as it is rip
= and iniure it with their disgusting odo
6 Naturalists who hsve carefully studio
f these bugs say that the odor Is due to
fluid which passes out of two little pore
. between the hind feet.-Selecttd.