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Dragon flies vs. mosquitoes. : Can the mosquito pest be mitigated? Studies in the life history of irritating insects, their natural enemies, and artificial checks

Title
Dragon flies vs. mosquitoes. : Can the mosquito pest be mitigated? Studies in the life history of irritating insects, their natural enemies, and artificial checks / by working etomologists. With an introduction by Robert H. Lamborn, PH. D.
Publication
New York : D. Appleton and company, 1890.

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Description
202 pages including 8 plates : color frontispiece; 22 cm.
Series Statement
The Lamborn prize essays
Uniform Title
Lamborn prize essays.
Subject
  • Mosquitoes > Control
  • Dragonflies
  • Odonata
Contents
Introduction. By R. H. Lamborn.--The dipterous enemies of man. By Mrs. C. B. Aaron.--Utility of dragon flies as destroyers of mosquitoes. By A. C. Weeks.--The destruction of the mosquito. By Wm. Beutenmüller.--Dragon flies as mosquito hawks on the western plains. A letter from Capt. C. N. B. Macauley.--Can the mosquito be exterminated? By H. C. McCook.--Appendix. Bibliography prepared by Mrs. C. B. Aaron, accompanying her essay. Bibliographical catalogue prepared by Wm. Beutenmüller, accompanying his essay.
LCCN
agr05000055
OCLC
  • 14778614
  • ocm14778614
  • SCSB-4196934
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries