. The life of North American insects [microform]. Insects; Insectes. ORDER III. STRAICHT-WINGED INSECTS. 97 and, it is said, successfully, the people applying them to the parts affected, and allowing them to bite their warts. It is not improbable that the remedy owes its successful ef- fect to the causticity of their saliva, which may act like the lapis infernalis. Grasshoppers are very often subject to diseases arising from the presence of intestinal worms, particularly the Hair° worm (Gordtus), which not unfrequently causes their death. In Germany Grasshoppers are called Ileupferde, that is,
. The life of North American insects [microform]. Insects; Insectes. ORDER III. STRAICHT-WINGED INSECTS. 97 and, it is said, successfully, the people applying them to the parts affected, and allowing them to bite their warts. It is not improbable that the remedy owes its successful ef- fect to the causticity of their saliva, which may act like the lapis infernalis. Grasshoppers are very often subject to diseases arising from the presence of intestinal worms, particularly the Hair° worm (Gordtus), which not unfrequently causes their death. In Germany Grasshoppers are called Ileupferde, that is, " Hay-horses," because they generally feed on grasses, and their head has something of the form of a horse's head. The French call them Sauterelles, that is, " ; Figure Carolina Grasshopper. ^ The Carolina Grasshopper (Gryllus Carolina, Fig. 22) IS a very common insect of this Order, and is found in great numbers in the months of August, September, and October throughout the United States. So numerous are they, in fact, that one can not walk across a field or meadow with- F ,!t| li' 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 Jaeger, B. (Benedict); Preston, H. C. (Henry C. ). New York : Harper
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