The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-17
STUDENT HUNTS BUG
Member of chronological staff
Tells of Expedition.
Small BeetIe-Like insects Are Never
Known to Venture From creviees
During DaylIaht-Rare Species
Are Worth $25.

Washington.-H who wage
incessant war on cockroaches ana
other vermin are cautioned by en-
tomologists TO stay their hands and |
inquire carefully into the antecedents
of any black beeltelike bug which |
peers around corner OF the Kltcnen
sink For the visitor may be none
other than one of the amblychiia
baroni cicindelidae, the most aristo-
cratic family in blgdom, whose mem
bers retail at as much as $50 apiece
provided they are delivered with limbs
and feelers intact
A former student of the University
1 of Chicago, who is now on the en-
genealogical staff of the department
| of agriculture at Washington, rev
days ago described his expedition INTO
the native haunts of the amblychlia'
which he explored long enough 10
gather in considerable pin money oy
the sale of whole families.
When | learned the baroni had
been seen in an obscure part OF Arl-
iona only about half a dozen bugs
were known to entomologists. SAID
Nthe investigator. One of these was
in the Leconte and Horn collection IL
Philadelphia Most of the others were
in the River collection in San fran
cisco.
The first had been caught near
Globe, Ariz. naturalist nameu
Schaeffer also located a few southess 81
of Nogales, Ariz. was familiar with
the characteristic of the creatures
through my studies under Curator
Snow of the University of Kansas,
now deceased, and when he invited
me to join a party into the noun
tains of Arizona to hunt the amply
chila was glad to go as if there mad
been buried treasure at the END Of
the journey.
/, I'VE found conditions favorable al
y Peach Springs. near Ashford, Arlz
From there we went into the noun
tains. There were no amblychila t
be seen, but we acted on the genera
supposition that they we're In thii
neighborhood. We spent several day
moving about in the mountains ant
finally selected a favorable spot TO
= the bug to appear.
e Now, the amblychila baroni famil.
I is most exclusive and has never beel
/ known to come forth in broad day
q light Twilight and an hours befor
2 dawn are supposed to be the time
{ when they appear. We tried severa
e twilights and several dawns withou
result. One night light rain fe
and we agreed that the danpnes
II might invite the bugs out. althoug
IS it made it decidedly uncomfortabl
q for u.s.
ID THAT night we scattered over tn
8 hills and kept watch near crevices
re the rocks. lay with my head restin
ID on my elbow watching innumerabl
I'd insects and bugs crawl by in tn
TO shady light Finally / saw the lon
Z black feelers of what might be one
the amblychila appear, and then a
be other. | waited until they got we
OF out of the crevice, for they are d
sc cidedly cautious creatures. the
b scooped the two up in my hand,
a their struggles | knew that / had IL
OF right species No bug struggles ;
hard as the baroni. Then | stuC
them into small par of cyanide !
potassium which carried. The FUN,
e. killed them quickly.
ty, Il sold a number of my amblychi
lis baroni for $25 End some for SIS al
no $40 Our expedition multiplied Il
,h- number of know specimens conside
70, ably and the price went down lit
IRIS don't know how many specimens o
go entire party captured, but altogth
it'll the expedition was success from
he monetary as well as an tentomologic
standpoint"