. Elementary entomology . FiG. 106. The western cricket {Anabrus simplex), adult female. (Natural size) (After Gillette) bish, particularly in woodlands, and the shield-backed grasshoppers, which look very much like crickets. One of them, known as the western cricket {Anabrus), which is about one and one half inches long, often becomes so abundant in the northwest- ern states as to be \txy de- structive to crops. The crickets (GrylUdae). The common black or brownish crickets, with their familiar chirp, are well known to every one. The wings are laid flat on the back when at rest, instead of me
. Elementary entomology . FiG. 106. The western cricket {Anabrus simplex), adult female. (Natural size) (After Gillette) bish, particularly in woodlands, and the shield-backed grasshoppers, which look very much like crickets. One of them, known as the western cricket {Anabrus), which is about one and one half inches long, often becomes so abundant in the northwest- ern states as to be \txy de- structive to crops. The crickets (GrylUdae). The common black or brownish crickets, with their familiar chirp, are well known to every one. The wings are laid flat on the back when at rest, instead of meeting like a roof as in the grasshoppers, the an- tennae are long, and the ovipositor is long, but cylindrical in section, being lance-shaped rather than sword-shaped as in the grasshoppers. Our common crickets usually feed upon vegetation, and very rarely become inju- rious, though some are predacious and at times are uncompromising
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