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Description
Plates in: [Album of mounted photographs illustrating the work of the California state insectary, Sacramento : Photographs taken from 1910-1912] / California state insectary, Sacramento, pgs. 9, 11, 13. View 1 (2014-1628). Shows clustering tendency of Ladybirds -- view 2 (2014-1629). Shows tendency to go against gravity -- view 3 (2014-1630). Small portion of hibernating colony -- view 4 (2014-1631). Hippodamia convergens -- view 5 (2014-1632). Ladybirds clustered on Sweet Birch -- view 6 (2014-1633). Ladybirds attracted by dampness -- view 7 (2014-1634). Negative geotropism -- view 8 (2014-1635). Phytotropism -- view 9 (2014-1636). Ladybirds responding to influence of light -- view 10 (2014-1637). Ladybirds (Hippodamia convergens) -- view 11 (2014-1638). Same -- view 12 (2014-1639). Ladybirds on bushes. The Insectary Division of the Commission of Horticulture was responsible for collecting, breeding and disseminating predaceous insects as a means of controlling harmful insects. As part of that work, they collected and disseminated the native species of ladybird (ladybug) beetle or coccinellids, notably Hippodamia convergens.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
12 photographic prints ; 4 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. and 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001513483CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Ladybugs Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photograph albums
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