Ogden Daily Standard | 1892-12-30 | Page 2 | The Wax Insect

the wax wat insect trees afford the birthplace and cradle of tile wax insect scientifically called pela in tn the early spring the bark of 0 the boughs and twigs become covered with brown pea shaped scales which can be easily detached nud which when opened reca reveal I 1 the tile flowery looking mass of 0 minute animals whoso choso movements can just bo be detected by the naked eye in slay and june however the scales aro are found to contain a swarm a arm 0 of brown creatures with six legs and w two antenna each some of the scales also contain the white bag or cocoon c of 0 a email small black beetle which it if left undisturbed burrows into and consumes the scales the chinese say that this beetle eats cats the tile little wax insects and it appears certainly the case that where the parasite is most abundant tho the scales fetch a lower price ill lit the first market chambers journal