Many Insects Snakes:
The consensus among herpetologists is that poisonous snakes are more or less immune to their own poison. However, before it can be stated as a fact, labora¬tory-controlled experiments must be performed.
The food of a great number of snakes is made up largely of destructive rodents such as rats, mice, and gophers. This makes snakes highly valuable to agriculture. This is true of the poisonous as well as the non-poisonous snakes.
Capturing of Prey: Snakes hunt for and capture their prey in several ways. Some, such as the bull snakes and rat snakes, strike with the mouth open, driving their backward-curving teeth into the prey.In the wild, milk and king snakes feed on mice and other small rodents, birds, lizards, and other snakes. Scarlet king snakes also feed on many insects snakes and fish. Give native food to scarlet king (see Part III). Give other milk and king snakes native food; also give earth¬worms; in addition, they may take freshly killed rats and mice dropped in cage. Water—Use small, flat container; place in center of cage.
See Also Lure Insects:
'o make the side cast, the rod tip must be red to the right below a horizontal position, then snapped back slightly, and immediately t upward and forward until it points to a about 45° over the target. At this instant, orefinger also points toward the target. This ses the line and allows the lure insects to soar toward the target. The forefinger is the key to accurate control of the lure insects. To stop the lure insects in flight, the forefinger presses against the lip of the reel spool. To slow down the lure insects, the fore¬finger moves toward the spool so the line will slap against it. As the lure insects strikes the water it can be put under control of the reel by turning the reel handle. This snaps the bail closed and engages the line.When certain specific pheromones are artificially released, in small quantities, the males can be disoriented -thus preventing the meeting of the sexes. Pheromones are also used to bait traps [6]. Some traps use Light or other baits to lure insects the insects. Others prevent their escape or kill them by poisoning or irradiation. Anti¬feedants are synthetic chemicals that cause insects to remain on treated foliage without feeding.
On The Other Hand See Insects:
Insects vary greatly in size and shape. The smallest insects are the tiny fairy flies, which are less than Ymo of an inch (0.025 mm) long and develop inside the eggs of other insects. The largest living insects are the stick insects,which may be 10 inches (25.4 cm) long, and the giant moths, which have a wingspan of 10 inches. Some insects, such as the walking stick, have greatly elongated bodies. Other insects, such as many of the beetles, have flattened and rounded bodies.INSECT, any of numerous small invertebrate ani¬mals that make up the class Insecta. There are nearly 1 million different species of insects, more than the combined number of all other animal and plant species. On the North American continent alone there are more than 80,000 dif¬ferent species of insects. Insects are also the most widespread of all animals, inhabiting practically every type of environment, from the edges of frozen ice fields and glaciers to hot tropical forests. They in¬habit swamps, deserts, lakes, high mountaintops, and seashores. Many insects are carried high into the air, and one or two species are found in the open ocean. Some insects live in or on other animals, including other insects.
