. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 492 NATURAL HISTORY. Order III. ORTJIOPTL'RA.—{Or. "OpBos, straight; Trripoi/, a wiug.) Family . Locustldre.—(Lat. Lwiisla, a Locust.). Tartarlca (Lat. of Tartar;)), the Lociisl. These posts of the warmer countries of the earth belong to the order called Orthoptera, because the wings are not folded transvei-sely. They fly in countless myriads, and where tliey descend, they devour every particle of green herbage—the trees are stripped of their leaves, the grass and corn is eaten to the very ground; for the
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 492 NATURAL HISTORY. Order III. ORTJIOPTL'RA.—{Or. "OpBos, straight; Trripoi/, a wiug.) Family . Locustldre.—(Lat. Lwiisla, a Locust.). Tartarlca (Lat. of Tartar;)), the Lociisl. These posts of the warmer countries of the earth belong to the order called Orthoptera, because the wings are not folded transvei-sely. They fly in countless myriads, and where tliey descend, they devour every particle of green herbage—the trees are stripped of their leaves, the grass and corn is eaten to the very ground; for their jaws are so strong as to inflict a severe wound when the insect is incautiously handled. Nor does the mischief end with their life, for their dead bodies often accumulate in such numbers tliat the air is even dangerously infected. They infest Africa and central Asia, but they annually make inciu'sions to Europe, where the damage they occasion is miich less reparable than in their native lands, for there the power of vegetation is so great that a few days repair the injuries caused by them, but in Europe a whole year is reipiired for that purpose. The following account of these creatures is extracted from Mr. Cummiug's South Africa:—. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : G. Routledge
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