Ants are very fond of a sugary liquid that Plant lice secrete. They will milk the bugs of this liquid.

Ant and Plant Lice

Ants are very fond of a sugary liquid that Plant lice secrete. They will milk the bugs of this liquid.

Aphids are tiny insects that are harmful to plants. This is an adult winged female.

Aphid

Aphids are tiny insects that are harmful to plants. This is an adult winged female.

Aphids are tiny insects that are harmful to plants. This is a wingless larval female.

Aphid

Aphids are tiny insects that are harmful to plants. This is a wingless larval female.

Numerous species of aphids, or plant lice, are known, and they are among the greatest pests of the gardener and farmer.

Aphid

Numerous species of aphids, or plant lice, are known, and they are among the greatest pests of the gardener…

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

Winged Aphides, or Plant Lice

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

Winged Aphides, or Plant Lice

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

Wingless Aphides, or Plant Lice

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

Wingless Aphides, or Plant Lice

"They subsist on the sap of the tree; and are sometimes provided with wings, and are sometimes without."

This larva is really a six-legged grub.

Larva of the Aphrophora (Aphrophora Spumaria)

This larva is really a six-legged grub.

Ectrichodia cruciata is a species of assassin bugs in the Hemiptera order of true bugs.

Assassin Bug

Ectrichodia cruciata is a species of assassin bugs in the Hemiptera order of true bugs.

"It abounds in dirty houses, principally in towns, and in warm countries. It lives in beds, in woodwork, and paper-hangings."

Bedbug (Acanthia Lectularia)

"It abounds in dirty houses, principally in towns, and in warm countries. It lives in beds, in woodwork,…

"Toward the month of May, these disgusting insects lay oblong, whitish eggs."

Egg of Bug

"Toward the month of May, these disgusting insects lay oblong, whitish eggs."

"In Florida, Guiana and Brazil is a small insect which a French naturalist calls 'le Petit Diable," which is French for 'the little devil.'"1. Hypsauchenia balista2. Membracis foliata3. Centrotus cornutus4. Umbonia spinosa5. Bocydium globulare6. Cyphonia furcata

Bugs

"In Florida, Guiana and Brazil is a small insect which a French naturalist calls 'le Petit Diable,"…

The popular and generic name of certain insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, suborder Homopotera, of many species.

Cicada

The popular and generic name of certain insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, suborder Homopotera,…

"Female Cicada Laying her Eggs in the Groove She has Bored in the Branch of a Tree. While the female does not sing, she is given an organ which is of more practical value. This is a sort of an auger, destined to penetrate the back of the branches of trees."

Female Cicada Laying her Eggs

"Female Cicada Laying her Eggs in the Groove She has Bored in the Branch of a Tree. While the female…

"From the eggs deposited come small, white grubs, which leave their nest in the wood to bury themselves in the ground."

Larva of the Cicada

"From the eggs deposited come small, white grubs, which leave their nest in the wood to bury themselves…

"It produces a deafening and monotonous song. The Greeks, however, seem to have had quite a peculiar taste for this song."

Male Cicada

"It produces a deafening and monotonous song. The Greeks, however, seem to have had quite a peculiar…

"This is a membrane in the shape of a kettledrum, not smooth, but, on the contrary, crumpled and full or wrinkles."

Musical Apparatus of the Male Cicada

"This is a membrane in the shape of a kettledrum, not smooth, but, on the contrary, crumpled and full…

"At the end of spring they have developed into pupae. The come out of the earth, and hook themselves n the trunks of trees, and strip themselves of their skin, which remains whole and dry."

Pupa of the Cicada

"At the end of spring they have developed into pupae. The come out of the earth, and hook themselves…

"The larvae are changed into perfect insects, which take up their abode permanently on the branches of the cacti."

Cochineal Insects on the Branches of the Cactus

"The larvae are changed into perfect insects, which take up their abode permanently on the branches…

"It is this little insect which furnishes, when its body has been dried and reduced to powder, a coloring matter of a beautiful red, peculiar to itself."

Cochineal Insects, Female (Coccus Cacti)

"It is this little insect which furnishes, when its body has been dried and reduced to powder, a coloring…

"It is this little insect which furnishes, when its body has been dried and reduced to powder, a coloring matter of a beautiful red, peculiar to itself."

Cochineal Insects, Male (Coccus Cacti)

"It is this little insect which furnishes, when its body has been dried and reduced to powder, a coloring…

Gathering Cochineal in Algeria

Gathering Cochineal in Algeria

Gathering Cochineal in Algeria

"It breathes, like some other insects, through its tail. It walks badly and slowly on land, but swims and cuts through the water with a prodigious rapidity."

Corixa Striata

"It breathes, like some other insects, through its tail. It walks badly and slowly on land, but swims…

"It requires twenty-seven to twenty-eight days for this insect to pass to its perfect state."

Gallery Formed by Larvae of Dacus Oleae

"It requires twenty-seven to twenty-eight days for this insect to pass to its perfect state."

"The Lantern-fly is found in large numbers in South America. This remarkable insect enjoys a great renown by a peculiarity which might be called its specialty - the property of shining by night or in the dark."

Lantern Fly (Fulgora Lanternaria)

"The Lantern-fly is found in large numbers in South America. This remarkable insect enjoys a great renown…

"The males make prodigious bounds, sometimes throwing themselves a distance of more than two yards."

The Froghopper (Aphrophora Spumatra)

"The males make prodigious bounds, sometimes throwing themselves a distance of more than two yards."

Aphrophora quadrangularis is a species of Froghopper, an insect in the order Hemiptera.

Dorsal View of Froghopper

Aphrophora quadrangularis is a species of Froghopper, an insect in the order Hemiptera.

"A species of bug which usually ilves upon cabbages. In autumn they may be found upon raspberries, to which they impart their disagreeable smell."

Gray Pentatoma (Raphigaster Griseus)

"A species of bug which usually ilves upon cabbages. In autumn they may be found upon raspberries, to…

"One of the two principal types [of water bugs] is called the Oval-bodied Water-scorpion, or Water-spider."

Nepa Cinerea

"One of the two principal types [of water bugs] is called the Oval-bodied Water-scorpion, or Water-spider."

"It is a blood-thirsty insect, and one of the most carnivorous. Those which it attacks die very soon after being hurt by it."

Notonecta Glauca

"It is a blood-thirsty insect, and one of the most carnivorous. Those which it attacks die very soon…

"By means of its disguise, it can approach little animals which become its prey, such as flies, spiders and small bugs."

Pupa of Reduvious Personatus, Covered with its Cloak of Dust

"By means of its disguise, it can approach little animals which become its prey, such as flies, spiders…

"By means of its disguise, it can approach little animals which become its prey, such as flies, spiders and small bugs."

Pupa of Reduvious Personatus, Denuded of its Cloak of Dust

"By means of its disguise, it can approach little animals which become its prey, such as flies, spiders…

Adult stinkbugs secrete a foul smelling odor from two glands on the thorax.

Stink Bug

Adult stinkbugs secrete a foul smelling odor from two glands on the thorax.

Adult stinkbug antenna.

Stink Bug

Adult stinkbug antenna.

Adult stinkbug head.

Stink Bug

Adult stinkbug head.

Adult stinkbug sucking tube.

Stink Bug

Adult stinkbug sucking tube.

Adult stinkbug prothorax

Stink Bug

Adult stinkbug prothorax

Adult stinkbug mesothorax

Stink Bug

Adult stinkbug mesothorax

Adult stinkbug metathorax

Stink Bug

Adult stinkbug metathorax

Adult stinkbug maxilla and mandible

Stink Bug

Adult stinkbug maxilla and mandible

Adult stinkbug abdomen

Stink Bug

Adult stinkbug abdomen

Adult stinkbug head, oc=occular, ey=eye, at=antenna, la=labium

Stink Bug

Adult stinkbug head, oc=occular, ey=eye, at=antenna, la=labium

Adult stinkbug head, at=antenna, su=sucking tube

Stink Bug

Adult stinkbug head, at=antenna, su=sucking tube

Giant water bug, order Hemiptera.

Waterbug

Giant water bug, order Hemiptera.

Water bugs, or Hemiptera, are true bugs.

Waterbug

Water bugs, or Hemiptera, are true bugs.