Little pick-ups

Title

Little pick-ups

Creator

G. B.

Language

English

Subject

Insects -- Juvenile literature

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Abstract

[This article features insects such as mosquito, fly, chiasmodon niger and common slug.]

Fulltext

October, 1936 THE.YOUNG CITIZEN 251 r~:::;:~~~~~;~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~:~;~:~~~:;~:~,-i t::::.:-xx.;~x.;z.u~ .. ~ .... ~·-·-·-~·-·"'··.- .. .-......... r-=---·-·-=---n:.,.:.r.-.u .. :.r~ .. :.r .. :.r .. u~~~ .. ~~ HARMFUL INSECTS THE MOSQUITO You have read about the honey bee and chc dragon fly and how they are of help to man. Whil<! some insects are our friends. some arc our enemies. The mosquitoes disturb our sleep when they bit>? us. They may also make us sick. Some mosquito:!S spread malaria and other kinds of fever. Ii you know the story of their life, we can tell how chey can be destroyed. The female mosquito lays her eggs on standing water. The tiny eggs form little rafts. After a day the eggs hatch into che active little animals called wrigglers. Watching them, you will notice that the wrigglers go to the surface of the water to breathe. If they arc prevented from taking in air ac che surface of the water. they will die. It is easy co destroy mosquitoes while they are wrigglers. Pouring petroleum on the stagnant water where they live will kill them. Do you know of other ways of killing them? THE FLY Another troublesome and offensive insect is the housefly. It lives in dirty places and feeds upon man's food and decayed things or on horse manure. ·It lays its eggs on these places also where there is plenty of food. The flies increase in number very rapidly. The feet of the fly have hairs that carry germs. When the fly walks on our food. ic leaves the germs on the food. It carries germs of cholera. typhoid, and other dreadful diseases. Protect yourself from diseases spread by flies by covering your food and destroying the places where they lay their eggs and feed upon. LITTLE PICK-UPS blj g. b. CHIASMODON NIGER The Chiasmodon Niger lives in che deepest part .of the ocean. It has been found that this curious fish prefers to live a mile down in the pitch-black depths of the sea. This fish has a very big elastic stomach. It can swallow other fishes bigger and three times longer than itself. COMMON SLUG The Common Slug has 30.000 teeth. It has more than any other living creature in the world. The eyelike object that y6u see in this illustration is not an eye. It is .a hole thru which the Slug breathes.

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251

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