. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. Ecd-legffed Locust. ers, who is usually decked out in a variety of col- ors, is really a locust. The commonest species in our Eastern fields is called Melanoplus femtir-ru- hrmn, or, in straight English, the red-legged locust.* This destructive insect is widely distributed over the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. It swarms on the grassy intervales of the White Mountain region, and covers the broad meadows of New Jersey; it is everywhere, and always a perfect nuisance, devour- ing every gre
. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. Ecd-legffed Locust. ers, who is usually decked out in a variety of col- ors, is really a locust. The commonest species in our Eastern fields is called Melanoplus femtir-ru- hrmn, or, in straight English, the red-legged locust.* This destructive insect is widely distributed over the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. It swarms on the grassy intervales of the White Mountain region, and covers the broad meadows of New Jersey; it is everywhere, and always a perfect nuisance, devour- ing every green thing, and even relishing the flavor of a silk umbi-ella or a dainty muslin Beware the locust! for besides his awkward habit of staining one's clothing with " molasses," he will make a dainty repast off a silk handkerchief or the printed flowers of a lawn dress! His song is a some- what pianissimo z-ee-e-e-e, which is produced by. Melanoplus atlunis, similar to M. feinur-rubrura. * Another common species is M(:lanoplus atlanis, similar to the one described. f In Canada and New England some years ago his ravages were particularly extensive and 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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