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TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 33
The photo heroin shows the the size of a cockroach. It, however,
thick and broad tongue and the is not as numerous and otherwise
long, sharp and dagger-like sting, conspicuous as this fly and the
of which the central dagger is common prairie cattle or horsefly,
most prominent and with which but it occasionally attacks cattle
it had perforated the wasp's abdo
and horses, and it is supplied
,THE, , ,PBC with a number of fearful looking
knives and daggers at its mouth
parts, and which the insect plunges
_o~~~~~ into the hide of the cattle, causing
the blood to ooze freely from the
large scarified wounds.
Having captured one such fly
during an outing in Medina County
some time ago, I prepared a
iBH ^, \' *\1 y
thphoto-micrograph of the stinging
implements of the fly, showing
a number of sharp-edged knives
or lancets and dagger-like cutting
implements, with a main central
suction tube with which this insect
aspirates the oozing blood of aniPROTOMICROGRAPH
OF THE MOUTHPARTS OP mals. after scarifying the skin
THE HUMPBACK PRAIRIE FLY. with the other sharp instruments
which resemble those of our commen.
The stinging apparatus
of the horsefly is of nearly the mon prairie horsey.
same anatomical structure, but The original micro-photo of this
it has even bolder daggers, with fly shows the mouth, stinging and
which it mercilessly tortures the suctionimplements magnifiedabout
horses as well as all kinds fifty times by means of the photomicrographic
apparatus and concentrated
lamplight exposure.
/ ' .j'~" i" ': / :J Some vicious species of wasps and
the vituperous bumble-bee and numerous
other prairie insects show
TEXAS HORSEFLIES F
(Slightly Reduced)
of cattle. They scarify the skin
and bore down to the blood
capillaries until blood oozes in _
streams from the wound.
Our prairies also harbor among
other such vituperous fly species STINGING IMPLEMENTS OF A LARGE, VICIOUS
a very large, jet D ack fly, about PRAIRIE FL.Y
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Menger, Rudolph. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscences, book, 1913; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14396/m1/33/?q=menger/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.