The Young Collector's Handbook of Ants, Bees, Dragon-flies, Earwigs, Crickets, and Flies / (Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera).

by W. Harcourt Bath

Fig. 113.—Darnis Limacodes (Mag.)

The Hop Aphis (Aphis humuli) lives upon the hop, and its abundance or scarcity is a most important matter to the hop-growers in this country.

Fig. 114.—Tricophora Sanguinolenta (Mag.)

Fig. 115.—Aphis Tiliæ (Mag.)

One of the most destructive insects of the whole family is the Vine Aphis (Phylloxera vastatrix), which has committed terrible ravages at various times in most of the vine-growing districts on the Continent.

The Aphides have the habit of discharging a sweet sticky substance called honeydew, of which ants are very fond.

Fig. 116.—Lachnus Quescus (Mag.)