Nature biographies; the lives of some every-day butterflies; moths; grasshoppers and flies . Empty LOCUST MUMMIES. ^ Last autumn one could easily find agreat many dead locusts attached tofences, the bark of trees, the sides ofbuildings, and in other elevated situa-tions. Although dead they appearedto be alive, and it was only by touch-ing them that one discovered thatthey were not only dead but so dryand brittle that they easily brokeapart. Sometimes I found one justalive, so that when touched it wouldmove a leg or an antenna, but was unable to jump grasshoppers were nea
Nature biographies; the lives of some every-day butterflies; moths; grasshoppers and flies . Empty LOCUST MUMMIES. ^ Last autumn one could easily find agreat many dead locusts attached tofences, the bark of trees, the sides ofbuildings, and in other elevated situa-tions. Although dead they appearedto be alive, and it was only by touch-ing them that one discovered thatthey were not only dead but so dryand brittle that they easily brokeapart. Sometimes I found one justalive, so that when touched it wouldmove a leg or an antenna, but was unable to jump grasshoppers were nearly all of one species —the large Carolina Locust^ which was unusually abun-dant last summer. This insect is especially commonalong roadsides and in open grasslands near houses. Itis the one most generally flushed as you walk alongthe country highway; at such times it flies rapidly ina more or less irregular, zigzag fashion, and generallyalights a rod or two in front of you. When flying, itsblack, under wings, with their cream-coloured borders, arevery conspicuous; but the moment it alights, these dis-a
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