. Elementary entomology . Fig. 98. The red-legged locust. (Natural size) (After Riley) The short-horned grasshoppers, or locusts (Acrididae). The word "grasshopper" is an American term for the insects which in the Old World are called locusts, as they are termed in the Biblical account of the Eg}^ptian plague of locusts. The locusts include all of our more com- mon grasshoppers, which have the antennae shorter than the body, and a short ovipositor. Man)- of them are seriously injurious. Their structure and life habits have alread}- been sufficiently discussed (Chaps. V, XVI), so that
. Elementary entomology . Fig. 98. The red-legged locust. (Natural size) (After Riley) The short-horned grasshoppers, or locusts (Acrididae). The word "grasshopper" is an American term for the insects which in the Old World are called locusts, as they are termed in the Biblical account of the Eg}^ptian plague of locusts. The locusts include all of our more com- mon grasshoppers, which have the antennae shorter than the body, and a short ovipositor. Man)- of them are seriously injurious. Their structure and life habits have alread}- been sufficiently discussed (Chaps. V, XVI), so that we shall merely consider a few of the more common and important forms. The most common throughout the East is the small red- legged locust {Melanoplus feniur-rubrtmi) and the nearly related lesser migra- tory locust {Mclanoplns at- lantis), hardly distinguish- able from each other by the casual observer, both of which are abundant in our pastures, and often do serious injury to grass and garden crops. One of the most common forms east of
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