ORTHOPTERA 39 



Young grasshoppers will be found in the same situations 

 as the adults. They resemble the adults quite closely in 

 form, but are smaller, and lack fully developed wings. 



There are three very common groups of short-horns that 

 we should know: 



1. The common grasshoppers of the fields, mostly dark 

 colored, often ornately striped, recognizable by the 

 possession of a "bumper" or tubercle underneath the 

 prothorax between the bases of the fore legs. 



2. The band-wing grasshoppers of the more open spaces, 

 mostly mottled in color like the ground they rest upon, 

 recognizable by the brightly colored border of their hind 

 wings. 



3. The pygmy grasshoppers, found by the waterside, half 

 the size of ordinary grasshoppers or less, recognizable 

 by the long point on the rear of the prothorax that 

 projects backward over the whole length of the body. 



The long-horned grasshoppers and katydids are mostly 

 greenish, and live amid the green herbage, protected by 

 their color. They are less often seen, and more often heard 

 than the preceding. The wings are somewhat elevated, 

 rooflike above the back, especially in the katydids. The 

 tarsi are 4-jointed. The ovipositor of the female is flattened 

 laterally and more or less sword-shaped. 



There are three very common groups of crickets that we 

 should know: 



1. Greenish or whitish tree crickets that live in the foliage 



