. Agricultural entomology for students, farmers, fruit-growers and gardeners. Insects; Insects, Injurious and beneficial. ORDER ORTHOPTERA 63 able of any sustained flight. There is seldom anything like a general migration. They will travel out of dry pastures into corn, wheat and oat fields, and sometimes injure apple trees. Their ordinary habitat is in pasture or meadow and grass is their most common food. This species is abundant all over the eastern United States; is an economic factor. Fig. 28.—The yellow-winged locust (Camuula pellucida): a, adult male; b, female; c, nymph—somewhat enlarg
. Agricultural entomology for students, farmers, fruit-growers and gardeners. Insects; Insects, Injurious and beneficial. ORDER ORTHOPTERA 63 able of any sustained flight. There is seldom anything like a general migration. They will travel out of dry pastures into corn, wheat and oat fields, and sometimes injure apple trees. Their ordinary habitat is in pasture or meadow and grass is their most common food. This species is abundant all over the eastern United States; is an economic factor. Fig. 28.—The yellow-winged locust (Camuula pellucida): a, adult male; b, female; c, nymph—somewhat enlarged. (After Simpson, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Ag.) year after year, and undoubtedly causes more damage than the Rocky Mountain species. They do not usually destroy the grass completely, but take a large share of the crop. If they were eliminated the same acreage would supply more hay, or support more cattle or other stock in pasture. Plowing the ground where eggs have been deposited, rota-. 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 Osborn, Herbert, 1856-1954. Philadelphia, New York, Lea & Febiger
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