. Elementary entomology . FiG. 106. The western cricket {Anabnis simplex), adult female. (Natural size) (After Gillette) bish, particularly in woodlands, and the shield-backed grasshoppers, which look ver}' much like crickets. One of them, known as the western cricket iyAuabrns), which is about one and one half inches long, often becomes so abundant in the northwest- ern states as to be ven,- de- structive to crops. The crickets {Gryllidae). The common black or brownish crickets, with their familiar chirp, are well known to ever)' one. The wings are laid flat on the back when at rest, instead
. Elementary entomology . FiG. 106. The western cricket {Anabnis simplex), adult female. (Natural size) (After Gillette) bish, particularly in woodlands, and the shield-backed grasshoppers, which look ver}' much like crickets. One of them, known as the western cricket iyAuabrns), which is about one and one half inches long, often becomes so abundant in the northwest- ern states as to be ven,- de- structive to crops. The crickets {Gryllidae). The common black or brownish crickets, with their familiar chirp, are well known to ever)' 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 ^•egetation, and very rarely become inju- rious, though some are predacious and at times are uncompromising
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