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Insects P - S
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 | Pine-bark Beetle "Pine-bark beetle whose work has made pine lumber expensive; adult." —Davison, 1906 |
 | Pine-bark Beetle "Pine-bark beetle whose work has made pine lumber expensive; pupa." —Davison, 1906 |
 | Pine-bark Beetle "Pine-bark beetle whose work has made pine lumber expensive; larva." —Davison, 1906 |
 | Piophila casei Similar to the house-fly in appearance, but much smaller, and the only way to protect provisions is to keep them constantly covered |
 | Plant Louse Minute plant-feeding insects. They vary in size from 1-10 mm long. |
 | Plant-Bug Paecilocapsus lineatus, four-lined plant-bug. |
 | Plant-Bug Paecilocapsus lineatus, four-lined plant-bug. |
 | Platysamia cecropia Caterpillar The caterpillar occurring on a great variety of plants, including many of our fruit-trees and certain small fruits. Its green, and has six rather prominent warts on the thoracic segments, of which four are coral-red in color and the hinder two are yellow, sometimes with a reddish tinge. |
 | Plum-curculio Plum-curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar species; larva. |
 | Plum-curculio Plum-curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar species; pupa. |
 | Plum-curculio Plum-curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar species; adult. |
 | Plum-curculio Plum-curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar species; beetle at work on a young plum, showing a crescent mark. |
 | Fidonia plumistaria "The European Fidonia Plumistaria, is distinguised by its curious feathery antennae." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Plusia The cabbage Plusia; larva. |
 | Plusia The cabbage Plusia; male adult. |
 | Podurid A Podurid, or spring-tail, found on manure beds. |
 | Polistes Nest of Polistes gallicola. |
 | Potato Bug The Colorado Potato-bug. |
 | Potato-beetle The Colorado potato-beetle of the Doryphora io-lineata species. |
 | Potato-stalk borer Adult The potato-stalk borer, is a small ash gray weevil about one-sixth of an inch in length, with a black snout and three small black spots at the base of the wing-covers |
 | Potato-stalk borer larva The potato-stalk borer, is a small ash gray weevil about one-sixth of an inch in length, with a black snout and three small black spots at the base of the wing-covers |
 | Potato-stalk borer pupa The potato-stalk borer, is a small ash gray weevil about one-sixth of an inch in length, with a black snout and three small black spots at the base of the wing-covers |
 | Potter-wasp Fraternal potter-wasp, Eumenes fraterna, wasp. |
 | Potter-wasp Fraternal potter-wasp, Eumenes fraterna, wasp's cell broken up to show the caterpillars stored in it. |
 | Praying mantis The praying mantis is so called from the attitude which it assumes when it is watching for its prey. These insects are extremely voracious. |
 | Praying Mantis "Probably no other insect has been the subject of so many and widespread legends and superstitions as the common "praying mantis," Mantis religiosa. The ancient Greeks endowed it with supernatural powers; the Turks and Arabs hold that it prays constantly with its face turned towards the mecca; the Provencals call it Prega-Diou; and numerous more or less similar names —preacher, saint, nun, medicant, soothsayer, etc., widely diffused throughout southern Europe. Children ask it to show them the way, and Mouffet assures us that it rarely or never deceives them; and it is even recorded that one specimen, which aligted on the hand of St. Francis Xavier, and which he commanded to sing the praise of God, loudly intoned a very beautiful canticle." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1903 |
 | Preying-beetle "The Mantis is one of the most voracious of its class, and only assumes this solemn and devout appearance for the beguilement of its unsuspecting victims; it is also exceedingly quarrelsome.: — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Prioninae A species of large brown or black beetles. Some of the longest beetles known. |
 | Prionus A genus of large beetles. |
 | Psocus Lineatus A psocus lineatus. |
 | Pterophorina "The insects of the group Pterophorina, are remarkable from the peculiar conformation of their wings. Each of these organs is split longitudinally into several branches, all of them delicately fringed. In the genus Pterophora the fore wings are divided into two, and the hind wings into three branches; while in Orneodes each wing is split into six, and these when the insect is at rest are folded together after the manner of a fan." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Pterophorina "The insects of the group Pterophorina, are remarkable from the peculiar conformation of their wings. Each of these organs is split longitudinally into several branches, all of them delicately fringed. In the genus Pterophora the fore wings are divided into two, and the hind wings into three branches; while in Orneodes each wing is split into six, and these when the insect is at rest are folded together after the manner of a fan." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Chinch Bug Pupa The pupa for a chinch bug. |
 | Pyralidina "The Pyralidina are a group of small moths readily distinguished by their long slender bodies and large forewings. One of these, Pyralis vitis, is very destructive to vines, and another, Pyralis farinalis, feeds upon meal and flour. The Galleridae, a family of Pyralidine moths, deposit their eggs in the hives of bees, where the caterpillars, enclosed in silken cases, devour the wax; but the Hydrocampidae, which also belong to this section, are probably the most wonderful of all Lepidopterous insects, their larva being aquatic, living and feeding in the water, and many of them beathing by gills similar to those of caddisworms." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Pyralidina "The Pyralidina are a group of small moths readily distinguished by their long slender bodies and large forewings. One of these, Pyralis vitis, is very destructive to vines, and another, Pyralis farinalis, feeds upon meal and flour. The Galleridae, a family of Pyralidine moths, deposit their eggs in the hives of bees, where the caterpillars, enclosed in silken cases, devour the wax; but the Hydrocampidae, which also belong to this section, are probably the most wonderful of all Lepidopterous insects, their larva being aquatic, living and feeding in the water, and many of them beathing by gills similar to those of caddisworms." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Pyralidina "The Pyralidina are a group of small moths readily distinguished by their long slender bodies and large forewings. One of these, Pyralis vitis, is very destructive to vines, and another, Pyralis farinalis, feeds upon meal and flour. The Galleridae, a family of Pyralidine moths, deposit their eggs in the hives of bees, where the caterpillars, enclosed in silken cases, devour the wax; but the Hydrocampidae, which also belong to this section, are probably the most wonderful of all Lepidopterous insects, their larva being aquatic, living and feeding in the water, and many of them beathing by gills similar to those of caddisworms." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Pyralidina "The Pyralidina are a group of small moths readily distinguished by their long slender bodies and large forewings. One of these, Pyralis vitis, is very destructive to vines, and another, Pyralis farinalis, feeds upon meal and flour. The Galleridae, a family of Pyralidine moths, deposit their eggs in the hives of bees, where the caterpillars, enclosed in silken cases, devour the wax; but the Hydrocampidae, which also belong to this section, are probably the most wonderful of all Lepidopterous insects, their larva being aquatic, living and feeding in the water, and many of them beathing by gills similar to those of caddisworms." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Pyralidina "The Pyralidina are a group of small moths readily distinguished by their long slender bodies and large forewings. One of these, Pyralis vitis, is very destructive to vines, and another, Pyralis farinalis, feeds upon meal and flour. The Galleridae, a family of Pyralidine moths, deposit their eggs in the hives of bees, where the caterpillars, enclosed in silken cases, devour the wax; but the Hydrocampidae, which also belong to this section, are probably the most wonderful of all Lepidopterous insects, their larva being aquatic, living and feeding in the water, and many of them beathing by gills similar to those of caddisworms." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Pyrophila Pyrophila pyramidoides species. |
 | Pyrophila Pyrophila pyramidoides species; larva. |
 | Queen Bee "Bee is the common name given to a large family of hymenopterous or membranous-winged insects, of which the most important is the common hive or honey bee (apis mellifica). It belongs to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, but is now naturalized in the Western. A hive commonly consists of one mother or queen, from 600 to 800 males or drones, and from 15,000 to 20,000 working bees, formerly termed neuters, but now known to be imperfectly developed females. The humblebees, or bumblebees, of which over 60 species are found in North America, belong to the genus bombus, which is almost world wide in its distribution. "—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Red Admiral A well-known colorful butterfly found in Europe, Asia and North America. |
 | Roach The Oriental Roach, male. |
 | Roach The Oriental Roach, female. |
 | Robber-Fly "Robber-Fly (Asilus sericeus, Say), natural size."-Whitney, 1902 |
 | Root-borer The giant root-borer, Prionus laticollis spcies; larva. |
 | Root-borer The giant root-borer, Prionus laticollis spcies; pupa. |
 | Root-borer The giant root-borer, Prionus laticollis spcies; adult. |
 | Rose-chafer Rose-chafer, Macrodaclylus subspinosus species; beetle. |
 | Rose-chafer Rose-chafer, larva. |
 | Royal Cells "Bee is the common name given to a large family of hymenopterous or membranous-winged insects, of which the most important is the common hive or honey bee (apis mellifica). It belongs to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, but is now naturalized in the Western. A hive commonly consists of one mother or queen, from 600 to 800 males or drones, and from 15,000 to 20,000 working bees, formerly termed neuters, but now known to be imperfectly developed females. The humblebees, or bumblebees, of which over 60 species are found in North America, belong to the genus bombus, which is almost world wide in its distribution. "—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Pyrochroa rubens "One of the most beautiful of the European species of trachelia is the Pyrochroa rubens, which is found about hedge-banks." &mdash Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Sacred Beetle "The Sacred Beetle of Egypt, Ateuchus sacer, somewhat resembles the Dor in form and habits. After depositing her egg on a piece of dung the female rolls the mass about in the sunshine with her forelegs until it forms a rounded ball. The process of hatching is thus accelerated, and a thin hardened crust is formed around the softer material inclosing the egg. A hole is then dug in the earth by means of its powerful forelegs, into which the ball is rolled and then covered over with earth, where it remains until fully developed. Those beetles show great perseverance in conveying the egg-laden pellets to their destination, frequently carrying them over rough ground on the broad flat surface of their heads, and seeking, when unable singly to complete the work, the assistance of their fellows." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893 |
 | Sagra Cyanea Sagra Cyanea. |
 | San Jose Scale The San Jose scale winged male. |
 | Sand Cricket Are mostly found on the Pacific Coast. |
 | Sand Wasp "Long Bodied fossorial aculeate hymenopterous insects, commonly called sand-wasps."-Whitney, 1902 |
 | Sandworm "A small class of Articulated Animals, mostly included by Linnaeus in his class Verimes. They have a more or less elongated body, which is always composed of numerous rings. The first of these rings assumes, in most of them, the characters of a head, but in some there is no proper head." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875 |
 | Satyrus Balder "The Satyridae are found in every quarter of the globe, and seem equally at home on open plains, in forests, and on the slopes of mountains. Their larva feet chiefly on grass, and have the almost unique habit of remaining concealed by day and of coming forth at night to feed." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Sawfly This gooseberry sawfly is a member of the large order, Hymenoptera. |
 | Rose Sawfly A rose eating fly. |
 | Turnip Sawfly "Sawflies are a group of insects. The turnip fly and the gooseberry fly are examples."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Scabies "The burrow of the itch insect that causes scabies." — Richardson, 1906 |
 | Scale Insect "Male San Jose scale insect." —Davison, 1906 |
 | cottony Scale The male cottony cushion scale insect is winged. |
 | Scarabaeidae Stout-bodied beetles, many with bright metallic colors. |
 | Schistocerca Americana A grasshopper |
 | Schizoneura Langera Schizoneura Langera in root form, galls caused by them on apple-roots. |
 | Schizoneura Langera Schizoneura Langera in root form, wingless, wax-coated form. |
 | Schizoneura Langera Schizoneura Langera in root form, winged form. |
 | Sciara tritici The larva of the Sciara tritici |
 | Sciara tritici The pupa of the Sciara tritici. |
 | Sciara tritici The adult female of the Sciara tritici. |
 | Scolytus Ulmi Scolytus Ulmi. |
 | Scutigera Forceps "Scutigera forceps, a harmless centiped." —Davison, 1906 |
 | Sesiidae "Clear-winged moths, Sesiidae, day-fliers, and looking more like bees, wasps, and ichneumons which they are supposed to imitate." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Sexual Organ of Insects Ovarian tubes of one side, in Polistes, showing eggs in all stages of development, with nutritive cells, nm, between; rs, seminal receptacle; ov, oviduct; vag, vagina |
 | Sheep-bot The sheep-bot, Estrus ovis species; fly. |
 | Sheep-bot The sheep-bot, Estrus ovis species; fly. |
 | Sheep-bot The sheep-bot, Estrus ovis species; full-grown larva. |
 | Silkworm Silkworms are the larvae of moths that spin silken cocoons. |
 | Silkworm "Silk is the peculiar glossy thread spun by the caterpillars or larvae of species of moths, and a well-known kind of fabric manufactured from it."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Silkworm A worm that produces silk. |
 | Silvanus Surinamensis Silvanus Surinamensis, beetle. |
 | Silvanus Surinamensis Silvanus Surinamensis, larva. |
 | Silver-washed Fritillary A European species of butterfly with orange wings and black spots. |
 | Skipper "The Hesperidae or Skippers, so called from their jerky hesitating mode of flight, show, in the thickness of their bodies, the only partially erect way in which they hold their wings when at rest, and the enclosure of their pupa in a cacoon, a distinct approach to the other great division of the Lepidoptera." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Skipper "The Hesperidae or Skippers, so called from their jerky hesitating mode of flight, show, in the thickness of their bodies, the only partially erect way in which they hold their wings when at rest, and the enclosure of their pupa in a cacoon, a distinct approach to the other great division of the Lepidoptera." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Small Tortoiseshell A well-known colorful butterfly found in Europe. |
 | Soldier-beetle Soldier-beetle, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus species; larva. |
 | Soldier-beetle Soldier-beetle, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus species; beetle. |
 | Spanish Fly Spanish fly of the Lytta vesicatoria species. |
 | Specius Specius speciosus carrying a cicada to its home. |
 | Sphinx Moth "The Sphingina or Sphinx Moths, so callled from the curious havit which the larva have of raising the anterior segments of their bodies, and remaining motionless in this position for hours, thus bearing a fanciful resemblace to the fabled Sphinx, are for the most part crepuscular and day-flying." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Sphinx Moth "The Sphingina or Sphinx Moths, so callled from the curious havit which the larva have of raising the anterior segments of their bodies, and remaining motionless in this position for hours, thus bearing a fanciful resemblace to the fabled Sphinx, are for the most part crepuscular and day-flying." — Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893 |
 | Lime-tree sphinx "The Lime-tree sphinx, Sphinx tiliae, has the wings denticulated and angular; it is nocturnal, and flies heavily." — Goodrich, 1859 |
 | Spider An extensive division of insects, which includes the scorpions and mites. The spiders differ from most insects in that the body consists of only two segments instead of three, the head and chest being united to form one segment. |
 | Spilosoma Virginica Adult white ermine moth |
 | Spittle-insect The larva of a spittle insect |
 | Spittle-insect The adult Spittle Insect |
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