THE CYCLE OF LIFE O 



The Life of a Grasshopper. - Fashions and changes in 

 dress are not limited to people alone. In the cornfields 

 or in the protective shadow of some tall weeds by the 

 roadside, or probably in your own garden, the grass- 

 hoppers are laying aside old garments for bright new 

 ones. This is happening every day during the warm 

 summer months. These changes are made, because, 

 like children, they have outgrown their clothes. In 

 other words, the skeleton of the grasshopper, as we shall 

 see later,, is rigid and surrounds the body, acting as an 

 armor against the rough blades of grass and the attacks 

 of other insects. 



FIG. 1. The yellow grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis), female. From photograph. 



FIG. 2. The yellow grasshopper (Jlelanoplus diffcrentialis), male. From photograph. 



