50 ELEMENTARY LESSONS ON INSECTS 



(j) A stout abdomen, ending in a pair of short tail9. 



(k) The absence of ovipositor in the female: the eggs 

 are laid in broad patches (often an inch long) on 

 vertical stems, in a double row, alternately placed 

 and overlapping, so that the surface of the egg 

 mass has a braided appearance. 

 3. With a "walking-stick" in hand, note: 



(a) The slenderness of the long cylindric body, which 

 in color and surface markings often resembles a 

 twig. 



(b) The short head, with long antennae and blunt, 

 plant-eating jaws. 



(c) The long, slender legs, with 5-jointed tarsi. 



(d) The entire absence of wings. 



(e) The pair of forceps-like appendages at the end of 

 the long abdomen in the male. 



(f) The absence of ovipositor in the female: the eggs 

 are scattered on the ground beneath the woody 

 plants on which the adults feed. 



