10 FARMERS’ BULLETIN 147, 
NATURAL ENEMIES OF GRASSHOPPERS. 
INSECT ENEMIES. 
Several kinds of parasitic two-winged flies deposit their eggs or 
maggots upon grasshoppers in their mature or nearly mature stage. 
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ic. 14.—Young grasshoppers feeding on clover. Slightly enlarged. (Original.) 
Among the most important of these is a blowfly or meat fly (fig. 15), 
which has been observed to deposit live maggots upon the wings of 
