. Elementary entomology. Insects. ORTHOPTERA wedge tapering toward the head. The young tree crickets are somewhat beneficial, as they feed upon plant-lice, but the adults do considerably more injury by slitting the twigs of cane fruits, fruit trees, cotton, etc., in which their eggs are deposited, and beyond which the twigs usually die. One small group of crickets, called mole crickets, are wingless and live in the ground, burrowing here and there by means of the front tibiae, which form shovels admirable for that purpose. Mole crickets are more abun- dant in the South and South\vest, where th
. Elementary entomology. Insects. ORTHOPTERA wedge tapering toward the head. The young tree crickets are somewhat beneficial, as they feed upon plant-lice, but the adults do considerably more injury by slitting the twigs of cane fruits, fruit trees, cotton, etc., in which their eggs are deposited, and beyond which the twigs usually die. One small group of crickets, called mole crickets, are wingless and live in the ground, burrowing here and there by means of the front tibiae, which form shovels admirable for that purpose. Mole crickets are more abun- dant in the South and South\vest, where they feed upon the roots of plants, but are very rarely injurious. In Porto Rico, however, the change is the most serious insect pest of the island, annually doing one hundred thousand dollars1 worth of damage to the staple FIG. no. Eggs of the snowy tree cricket (CEcanthns. 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and Company
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