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the borders of cultivated fields, especially those of the 

 river bottoms, where they feed upon the greater rag- 

 weed or horse-weed. On October 2d, 1894, vast 

 numbers were seen along the edge of a field of low- 



Fig. 64 Lubberly Grasshopper. 

 (Male. After Lugger.) 



land corn, the leaves of the marginal rows of which 

 they had almost wholly destroyed. When a stalk 

 was approached they did not desert it but dodged 

 quickly around to the opposite side, much as a squir- 

 rel does around the trunk of a tree when pursued. 

 If, however, one took alarm and jumped, all the others 

 in the immediate vicinity did likewise. 



The most common and most injurious species found 

 in the State is much smaller and is known as the 

 "red-legged grasshopper," Melanoplus femur -rubrum 

 (.DeGeer), on account of its hind shanks or tibire 

 being blood-red. It often destroys the second crop 

 of clover in many parts of the State*, besides doing 

 much injury to young corn 

 and other growing crops. 



The Kansas or Kocky 

 Mountain grasshopper does 



not occur in Indiana. Con- 

 Fig. 65 Red-legged Grasshopper. 



trary to the general belief (Male.) 



