Collecting insects by airplane in southern Texas

1.—Insects and spiders 10-minute exposure 18 to Sept 1954—Continued Number collected abrupta according to alti air was smooth altitude flown altitudes of 100 Anthicidae Ashm Bethylidae Bostrichidae Brownsville Chloropidae Coleoptera collected at 200 collected at altitudes collected by airplane convection cotton daybreak dew point dissidens Empoasca Falfurrias feet feet feet female genera genus Glick Horismenus Hymenoptera insects collected insects taken insects were taken King Ranch areas light traps Louisiana airplane collections lower Rio Malachiidae males Melanophthalma mesquite Mexico miles per hour minutes of flying mosquito moths were taken number of insects number taken Pachybrachis Pelopia pest Phalacridae Phoridae pink bollworm pink bollworm moth PSOCOPTERA pusio Rio Grande Valley Scaphytopius screens Solenopsis sp _ _ sp__ species taken 100 spiders collected Table 1.—Insects taken at 100 taken at altitudes temperature Texas Thysanoptera Total Order tudes undt upper air Valley and King variipennis