INSECT INTRUDERS. 



feeding before them in this ' hopper ' 

 stage, for as yet they cannot fly, and this 

 feeding is to be done at our expense on 

 our pet plants and blossoms. Whether 

 they have got short horns, when they 

 are Locusts, or whether they possess 

 long fine ones, when they are Grass- 

 hoppers, they one and all feed on 

 greenery and are there but for the one 

 purpose to endeavour to put to shame 

 our gardening efforts. 



Of course, all the insects one finds on 

 one's plants or running about on the 

 seed beds are not present as the enemies 

 of the gardener ! 



For instance, the little black Beetle 

 often seen running over the beds or 

 to be found amongst dead leaves is a 

 predaceous insect and feeds upon various 

 insect pests bugs and others of the 

 garden and field. Its elongate whitish 

 yellow grub is also predaceous in its 

 habits and feeds upon noxious pest 

 grubs. 



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