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A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera.

hern Anerica, of the Cactus familly, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.

An orthopterus insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.

The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa.

An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillæ) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are k…

Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. R. Owen.

An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.

A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola.

A large hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidæ, often found in houses, esp. in the southern and western United States. It bites severely, and is one of the species called kissing bugs. It is also called big bedbug.

nts meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc.

Feeding upon dung, as certain insects.

Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects.

ne of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called coral insects. -- Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary. -- Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are…

herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two- horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.

The thorax of an insect.

The anterior rib in the wing of an insect.

The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.

rt spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2. Crane fly (Zoöl.), a dipterous insect with long legs, of the genus Tipula. -- Derrick crane. See Derrick. -- Gigantic crane. (Zoöl.) See Adjutant, n., 3. -- Traveling crane, Traveler crane, Traversing crane (Mach.), a crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhe…

To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See Creep, v. i. ,7.

To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, v. i.,4.