Bristles at the Extremity of the Abdomen of the Hydrophilus Piceus

| View Cart ⇗ | Info

“The female is sometimes seen clinging to aquatic plants head downward, forming her cocoon, terminated by a long pedicle, in which she places her eggs, by means of the two bristles situated at the extremity of the abdomen.”

Keywords

insects, Coleoptera, bugs, beetles

Galleries

Insect Anatomy

Source

Hazlitt Alva Cuppy PH.D., Editor Beauties and Wonders of Land and Sea (Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1895)

Downloads

TIFF (full resolution)

1357×2400, 1.1 MiB

Large GIF

578×1024, 61.0 KiB

Medium GIF

361×640, 30.7 KiB

Small GIF

180×320, 12.1 KiB