. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. 258 NATURAL Fig. 205.âFemale Katydid. a sword-like instrument: this is called an ovipositorâ that is, an instrument for depositing the eggs in then- right place. With it the insect pierces holes in the ground in the autumn, placing the eggs there, which are hatched the following year. Some time elapses between the birth of the Katydids and the attainment of their growth, and the full production of their wings, which is necessary to the production of the loud sound with which they greet our ears at night in the latter pa
. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. 258 NATURAL Fig. 205.âFemale Katydid. a sword-like instrument: this is called an ovipositorâ that is, an instrument for depositing the eggs in then- right place. With it the insect pierces holes in the ground in the autumn, placing the eggs there, which are hatched the following year. Some time elapses between the birth of the Katydids and the attainment of their growth, and the full production of their wings, which is necessary to the production of the loud sound with which they greet our ears at night in the latter part of summer. â 446.' The Locusts, one species of which you see repre- sented in Fig. 206, have, like the Grasshoppers, the root- like arrangement of the wing-covers, but they have not that peculiar apparatus for the production of sound which the Grasshoppers have. They have also shorter anten- n83 and stouter legs. They are insects of greater power. In some parts of the world they are the most extensive-. 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 Hooker, Worthington, 1806-1867. New York, Harper & Brothers
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