. Book of the black bass. Black bass; Bass fishing. 272 Book of the Black nioiis names. The male of the perfect^ winged-insect has long an- tenna?, or horns, from which its specific and common names are derived. It exists for several j^ears in the larval state, when it is generally known as the " helgramite/" being a curious, flattened, and, to most persons, a repulsive-looking worm, growing to a length of two or three inches, and about a half inch in width. It has a head and pincers resembling, somewhat, those of a beetle; has six legs along the thorax; while the body is comp
. Book of the black bass. Black bass; Bass fishing. 272 Book of the Black nioiis names. The male of the perfect^ winged-insect has long an- tenna?, or horns, from which its specific and common names are derived. It exists for several j^ears in the larval state, when it is generally known as the " helgramite/" being a curious, flattened, and, to most persons, a repulsive-looking worm, growing to a length of two or three inches, and about a half inch in width. It has a head and pincers resembling, somewhat, those of a beetle; has six legs along the thorax; while the body is composed of a number of rings, to which are attached fringes bearing some likeness to small legs; the body ter- minates in two short appendages, or tails, on each of which are two small hooks. The color is a dark, dirty, brown. The helgramite, by means of its hooks and pincers, clings readily and tenaciously to different objects, and hides securely under rocks, boulders, drift- wood, logs, etc., even in swift-running streams. They may be found clinging to the decaying timbers of old dams and bridges, and in the crevices of submerged stone-work at these places. ^Fhey are found on the " riffles ^' of streams, under the boulders and flat stones, and may be taken in these situations with the minnow-net, by stretching the latter across the foot of the riffle; when the stones above the net are turned over, the helgramite, being thus disturbed, curls himself into a ball drifts into the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henshall, James Alexander, 1844- [from old catalog]. Cincinnati, The Robert Clarke company
Size: 1214px × 2058px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectblackba, bookyear1904
