. Elementary entomology. Entomology. Fig. 98. The red-legged locust. (Natural size) (After Riley) The short-horned grasshoppers, or locusts (Acrididae). The word "grasshopper" is an American term for the insects which in the Old World are called Ioc?/sts, as they are termed in the Biblical account of the Egyptian plague of locusts. The locusts include all of our more com- mon grasshoppers, which have the antenncc shorter than the body, and a short ovipositor. Many of them are seriously injurious. Their structure and life habits have already been sufficiently discussed (Chaps. V, XVI)
. Elementary entomology. Entomology. Fig. 98. The red-legged locust. (Natural size) (After Riley) The short-horned grasshoppers, or locusts (Acrididae). The word "grasshopper" is an American term for the insects which in the Old World are called Ioc?/sts, as they are termed in the Biblical account of the Egyptian plague of locusts. The locusts include all of our more com- mon grasshoppers, which have the antenncc shorter than the body, and a short ovipositor. Many of them are seriously injurious. Their structure and life habits have already been sufficiently discussed (Chaps. V, XVI), so that we shall merely consider a few of the more common and important forms. The most common throughout the East is the small red- legged locust {Melanophis fannr-rjibnnn) and the nearly related lesser migra- tory locust {Mclanopliis at- lantis), hardly distinguish- able from each other by the casual observer, both of which are abundant in our pastures, and often do serious injury to grass and garden crops. One of the most common forms east of. Fig. 99. Two-striped grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatiis). (Natural size) (After Riley). 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; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Boston, Ginn
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