. Insect life; an introduction to nature study and a guide for teachers, students and others interested in out-of-door life. Entomology; Nature study. 72 INSkcT LIFE. similar in form, and are also very long and slender; the insects walk slowly. This family includes the well-known walking sticks (Fig. 50). Family ACRIDID^ (A-crid'- i-dae).—There are three fami- lies of this order in which the hind legs are very much. Fig. 51.—A locust. stouter or very much longer, or both stouter and longer, than the other pairs, being fitted for jumping. This is the iirst of these three fami- lies. In this fam
. Insect life; an introduction to nature study and a guide for teachers, students and others interested in out-of-door life. Entomology; Nature study. 72 INSkcT LIFE. similar in form, and are also very long and slender; the insects walk slowly. This family includes the well-known walking sticks (Fig. 50). Family ACRIDID^ (A-crid'- i-dae).—There are three fami- lies of this order in which the hind legs are very much. Fig. 51.—A locust. stouter or very much longer, or both stouter and longer, than the other pairs, being fitted for jumping. This is the iirst of these three fami- lies. In this family the an- tennae are shorter than the Fig. 52.—^A locust. body. The ovipositor is short and composed of four ^ separate plates. The tarsi are three-jointed. The mem- bers of the family are known as locusts or short-horned grasshoppers (Figs. 51 and 52). Family Locustid^ (Lo-cus'ti-dae).—This is the second of the three families of jumping Orthoptera. Fig. so.—^A 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 Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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