INSECTS AFFECTING GRAINS, GRASSES, FORAGE 101 



The little grasshoppers hatch about the middle of May, from 

 eggs which were laid in the fall, though we have observed 

 them in March in Central Texas, and are of a dusky brown 



FIG. 70. The southern lubber grasshopper (Dlctyophorus reticulatus) : nymph" 

 and adult, slightly enlarged. 



color, marked with yellow. The head and legs are the most 

 prominent feature of the young nymphs. During their subse- 

 quent growth they molt five times at 

 intervals of ten days to two weeks, the 

 relative size and appearance of the 

 different stages being shown in Fig. 

 72. Professor H. A. Morgan, who 



made a careful study of an outbreak F I G - 71 Egg-mass of the 

 ... . . differential locust enlarged, 



of this species in Mississippi m 1900, 



has given an interesting account of their growth and habits. 



" The young on first emerging from the eggs are sordid 

 white and after an airing of an hour or two, arc darker, assuming 



