Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] 224 ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY done toward the riddance of mosquitoes in thickly settled com- munities by destroying their breeding places by draining or filling the pools and by oiling the surface of small ponds, rain barrels, etc. True midges (Chironomidae). Many of these look much like mosquitoes, the males having the plumose antennae and being of about the same size, but the wing-veins are simpler and fewer in <ftit^ - :•* 3tif'£ '* $ ' win ^-fej'w7 m FIG. 353. A midge (Chironomus sp.)- (Greatly enlarged) <7, adult male ; b
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Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] 224 ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY done toward the riddance of mosquitoes in thickly settled com- munities by destroying their breeding places by draining or filling the pools and by oiling the surface of small ponds, rain barrels, etc. True midges (Chironomidae). Many of these look much like mosquitoes, the males having the plumose antennae and being of about the same size, but the wing-veins are simpler and fewer in <ftit^ - :•* 3tif'£ '* $ ' win ^-fej'w7 m FIG. 353. A midge (Chironomus sp.)- (Greatly enlarged) <7, adult male ; b, pupa ; c, larva. (After Felt) number, and la'ck the scales. Most of the larvae are aquatic, being of very long, threadlike worms which live in the slime and decaying vegetation at the bottom of pools and streams, where they feed on vegetable matter. Many are a bright red in color and have been called blood-worms. The minute punkies, or ' no-see-ums, ' are among the worst enemies of the hunter and fisherman, and one must have a thick skin to withstand their bloodthirsty attacks.