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  Campylacantha 
  olivacea 
  Scudd. 
  

  

  {Fezotettix 
  olivaceus 
  Bruner.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  ranges 
  from 
  Nebraska 
  to 
  Texas, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  

   Illinois. 
  It 
  is 
  reported 
  as 
  rare 
  in 
  eastern 
  and 
  middle 
  Nebraska, 
  but 
  it 
  

   is 
  occasionally 
  found 
  there 
  in 
  beet 
  fields, 
  and 
  also 
  feeding 
  on 
  sunflower 
  

   (^Helianthus) 
  and 
  lamb's-quarters. 
  

  

  The 
  Larger 
  Meadow 
  Grasshopper. 
  

  

  Orchelimum 
  vulgare 
  Harr. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  long-horned 
  species 
  (^Locustidcc), 
  the 
  commonest 
  

   of 
  its 
  genus 
  in 
  Illinois. 
  By 
  means 
  of 
  its 
  sword-like 
  overpositor 
  it 
  lays 
  

  

  Fig. 
  57. 
  The 
  Larger 
  Meadow 
  Grasshopper, 
  

   Orchelimutn 
  vulgare, 
  female. 
  (Lugger.) 
  

  

  Fig. 
  59. 
  The 
  Larger 
  Meadow 
  Grasshopper, 
  

   Orchelitnum 
  vulgare, 
  male. 
  (Lugger.) 
  

  

  Fig. 
  58. 
  Th^ 
  Larger 
  Meadow 
  Grass- 
  

   hopper, 
  Orchelimum 
  vulgare 
  ; 
  eggs 
  in 
  

   stem 
  of 
  corn 
  tassel, 
  with 
  single 
  egg 
  in 
  

   outline. 
  

  

  its 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  pith 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  soft 
  plants, 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  several 
  

   in 
  a 
  place 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  stem. 
  The 
  clusters 
  are 
  placed 
  at 
  

   intervals 
  of 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  row 
  which 
  usually 
  takes 
  a 
  slightly 
  

   spiral 
  direction 
  along 
  the 
  stem. 
  The 
  cuticle 
  is 
  torn 
  up 
  with 
  the 
  jaws 
  

   before 
  the 
  e^gs 
  are 
  inserted, 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  roughened 
  fibrous 
  spots 
  thus 
  

   marking 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  eggs. 
  These 
  are 
  especially 
  common 
  in 
  

   corn 
  stalks 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  tassel, 
  or 
  in 
  stalks 
  of 
  weeds, 
  elder 
  twigs, 
  and 
  

   the 
  like. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  laid 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  September, 
  but 
  hatch 
  

   somewhat 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  season. 
  The 
  young 
  are 
  most 
  abundant 
  

   in 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  and 
  adults 
  begin 
  to 
  appear 
  by 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  July. 
  This 
  

   species 
  seems 
  to 
  prefer 
  upland 
  localities, 
  especially 
  fields 
  of 
  clover 
  and 
  

   timothy. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  often 
  seen 
  by 
  us 
  on 
  beets. 
  

  

  