. Elementary entomology. Entomology. Fig. 70. The differential locust. (Enlarged) (Authors' illustration, United States Department of Agriculture) The head and thorax are olive-brown, and the fore-wings are of much the same color, without other markings than a brownish shade at the base; the hind-wings are tinged with green ; the hind thighs are bright yellow, especially below, with four black marks; the hind shanks are yel- low with black spines and a ring of the same color near the base. The adults at once attack any crops available, often finishing the destruc- tion of those injured by them
. Elementary entomology. Entomology. Fig. 70. The differential locust. (Enlarged) (Authors' illustration, United States Department of Agriculture) The head and thorax are olive-brown, and the fore-wings are of much the same color, without other markings than a brownish shade at the base; the hind-wings are tinged with green ; the hind thighs are bright yellow, especially below, with four black marks; the hind shanks are yel- low with black spines and a ring of the same color near the base. The adults at once attack any crops available, often finishing the destruc- tion of those injured by them as nymphs, but in a few days their ap- petites seem to become somewhat appeased and they commence to mate and to wander in search of suitable places for laying the eggs. Egg laying. Rela- tively few eggs are laid in cultivated ground, the favorite places being neglected fields grown up in grass and weeds, the edges of. Fig. 71. Grasshopper ovipositing in a stump (Photograph by Weed). 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Boston, Ginn
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