. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. '^4' ^. THF CR/CK/:TS (Fiimi/j CryltiiiiT.) These insects, commonly known as crickets, have long antenn*. ionfjer than the body, as in the Locuslidie, hut the tars are three-jomted ,nd the ovipositor, when exserted, is spear- shaped. The hi' d li'Ks are Ion*/, and the femora are swollen. Many species are wmgless. Init withthoje which have wings the
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. '^4' ^. THF CR/CK/:TS (Fiimi/j CryltiiiiT.) These insects, commonly known as crickets, have long antenn*. ionfjer than the body, as in the Locuslidie, hut the tars are three-jomted ,nd the ovipositor, when exserted, is spear- shaped. The hi' d li'Ks are Ion*/, and the femora are swollen. Many species are wmgless. Init withthoje which have wings the tegmina, or upper wings, are de- flexed on the outer edge so that they (it closely to the sides of the body. In the male sex the upper wings are frequently curiously mod- ified so as to permit ,in even more elaborate musical than is the case with the I ocustida-. The insectr of this family are not nume.'ous from the point of num- ber of species, and but three distinct types are found in the group. These are the true crickets, typified by the coiiimnn lield cricket; the mole crickets, forms with very short wings, which are sometimes entirely absent, and with moditied front legs, which superficially re- semble those of a mole, and which live during their entire lives under- ground; and third, the so-called tree crickets, pale-colored nocturnal forms which lav their eggs ir, the twigs of different plants, and which sometimes are so abundant that by their egg-laving alone they do con- siderable to vineyards and to rajpberry and blackberry planta- 341. 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 Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs
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