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mole crickets, which live under 

 the ground, in burrows of their 

 own making, feeding upon the 

 tender roots of plants ; and tree 

 crickets, which live above- 

 ground, in bushes and trees. 

 In the early spring the eggs of 

 one of the tree crickets can be 

 found in the raspberry canes. 

 (Fig. 36.) 



Katydids. 1 - -Katydids, like- 

 wise, are musical, night being 

 their time for song. (Page 44.) 

 They live in trees, and from 

 their color resemblance to foli- 

 age are not readily observed. 

 Belonging to this same family 

 are others, which resemble grasshoppers. Such are 



FIG. 146. A mole cricket 

 (Gryllotalpa borealis) one and 

 one-half times natural size. 



FIG. 147. Angular-winged katydid natural size. 



easily distinguished from grasshoppers by the length 

 of the antennsc, which are longer than the body. This 



1 Family, Locustidce. 



