. Birds and nature . iMi ■.,^^?*^W- 638 Hippiscus Carolina. COMMON AMERICAN GRASSHOPPERS. Life-size. Arphia tenebrosa. Schistocerca americanum. COPYRIGHT 1904, BY , Melanoplus tuberculatiis. SOME AMERICAN GRASSHOPPERS. The Grasshoppers are the most com-mon, as well as the best known, popu-larly, of the great branch of may be seen in every field, in theforest, by the roadside and even in ourcity yards. In the hot months of Aug-ust the song of the locust may beheard, at which time, we are told by thefarmer-naturalist, that we shall have
. Birds and nature . iMi ■.,^^?*^W- 638 Hippiscus Carolina. COMMON AMERICAN GRASSHOPPERS. Life-size. Arphia tenebrosa. Schistocerca americanum. COPYRIGHT 1904, BY , Melanoplus tuberculatiis. SOME AMERICAN GRASSHOPPERS. The Grasshoppers are the most com-mon, as well as the best known, popu-larly, of the great branch of may be seen in every field, in theforest, by the roadside and even in ourcity yards. In the hot months of Aug-ust the song of the locust may beheard, at which time, we are told by thefarmer-naturalist, that we shall have aspell of hot weather. The best-known Grasshoppers belongto the family Acridiidae, which com-prises the forms with short antennaeor horns. Our illustration showssix of the common (irasshoppers, allinhabiting the northern part of theUnited States. The coral-winged locust (Hippisciistuberculatiis), is common in the earlyspring when it appears in considerablenumbers. It has been mistaken byfarmers for the terrible Ro
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