. The life of the grasshopper [microform]. Insects; Homoptera; Orthoptera; Insectes; Homoptères; Orthoptères. The Life of the Grasshopper have to beware when I handle the creature, possess no other function than to chew soft grains? Can a mill like this have only to grind little unripe seeds? Something has escaped me. So well-armed with mandibular pincers, so well-endowed with masticatory muscles that sweU out his cheeks, the Dec- ticus must cut up some leathery prey. This time I find the real diet, the funda- nriental if not the exclusive one. Some good- sized Locusts are let into the cage. I
. The life of the grasshopper [microform]. Insects; Homoptera; Orthoptera; Insectes; Homoptères; Orthoptères. The Life of the Grasshopper have to beware when I handle the creature, possess no other function than to chew soft grains? Can a mill like this have only to grind little unripe seeds? Something has escaped me. So well-armed with mandibular pincers, so well-endowed with masticatory muscles that sweU out his cheeks, the Dec- ticus must cut up some leathery prey. This time I find the real diet, the funda- nriental if not the exclusive one. Some good- sized Locusts are let into the cage. I put in it the species mentioned in a note below,* now one, now the other, as they happen to get caught in my net. A few Grasshoppers * are also accepted, but not so readily. There is every reason to think that, if I had had the luck to capture them, the entire Locust and Grasshopper family would have met the same fate, provided that they were not too insignificant in size. Any fresh meat tasting of Locust or Grasshopper suits my ogres. The most fre- quent victim is the Blue-winged Locust. c*!.?''''''/'' fWwfw, Liw.; (E. mimafa, Pallas; Spktnffonotus ccrrulans, Lik.; Cahptenus italicus, Lm. 'i A «'^';^/""«'«'' »« Ghr; Truxalis nasuU, I4H.—Author's Note. mnta, d«v., tphtpftgea vtttum. Say.—Author's Note ai4. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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