. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. io8 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. Family Phasmid^ (Phas'mi-dae). The Walking-sticks. The rambler in forests is often surprised to discover that a part of the casually-plucked branch in his hand is alive. A certain twisr that was stiff and motionless sud- denly, when disturbed, walks off on long slender legs, as awkwardly as if it had never tried to walk before. Strange and uncanny creatures are these walking-sticks with their long pointed bodies and with legs colored and looking exactly like twigs and leaf-peti- oles. In the tropics- their resem- blance to
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. io8 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. Family Phasmid^ (Phas'mi-dae). The Walking-sticks. The rambler in forests is often surprised to discover that a part of the casually-plucked branch in his hand is alive. A certain twisr that was stiff and motionless sud- denly, when disturbed, walks off on long slender legs, as awkwardly as if it had never tried to walk before. Strange and uncanny creatures are these walking-sticks with their long pointed bodies and with legs colored and looking exactly like twigs and leaf-peti- oles. In the tropics- their resem- blance to foliage is made more perfect by wings which are veined like leaves. In the Northern States we have only one common species, Diapheromera femorata^ (Di-aph-e- rom'e-ra fem-o-ra'ta), and that is wingless (Fig. Ii8). Walking- sticks feed upon foliage. Their eggs, which are large, are dropped on the ground under the trees by Fig. ii8.—a Walking-stick. the mother, who trusts entirely to fate to preserve them. Family ACRIDID^E (A-crid'i-dae). Locusts^ or Short-horned Grasshoppers, Every country lad is familiar with the appearance of grasshoppers. But there are many kinds of these insects, representing at least two distinct families. The family Acrididae, or Locusts, includes those grasshoppers in which. 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 Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.
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