. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE GRYLLUS. 181 sect, is of very great comparative length, and is used for tlie pur- pose of placing the eggs in a convenient spot. Pressed closely together, the blades form an- admirable boring instrument, but when the required hole is made, the blades separate so as to per- mit an egg to pass between them, and guide it to the exact spot where it is to lie. The insect does not place many eggs in one. CrrylluB depoaiting Egga, spot, but after depositing so
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE GRYLLUS. 181 sect, is of very great comparative length, and is used for tlie pur- pose of placing the eggs in a convenient spot. Pressed closely together, the blades form an- admirable boring instrument, but when the required hole is made, the blades separate so as to per- mit an egg to pass between them, and guide it to the exact spot where it is to lie. The insect does not place many eggs in one. CrrylluB depoaiting Egga, spot, but after depositing some ten or twelve eggs, she goes off to another locality and repeats the process until her store is ex- hausted. She thus contrives to spread her offspring rather wide- ly over the ground, and avoids the danger of losing the entire brood by a single accident. When the young insects are first hatched, they are nearly white, and of very small dimensions, being no larger than ordi- nary gnats. At the left hand of the engraving may be seen a small cavity, in which the young Grylli have just been hatched, several of them being shown of their natural size. The well- known Great Green Grasshopper, which is sometimes found in our hedges and nut-trees, and so often frightens the ignorant, is closely allied to the insect which has just been described, and has very similar habits. The terrible Migratory Locust, which passes over the country in such countless hosts, is also a partial burrower, laying its eggs. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). New York : Harper & Brothers
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