INTERDUNAL PONDS AND TAMARACK SWAMPS 193 



The leather-colored locust (Fig. 223) is yellowish brown to 

 olive, and a narrow bright yellow line runs over the middle of 



Fig. 226. — A sphagnum bog, tamaracks at margin 



the head and down the back. The male 

 is 1.25 inches long; the female, nearly 

 2 inches. 



The Nebraska locust (Fig. 224) has a 

 slender body, a large head. It is olive 

 green marked with reddish brown; a broad 

 black band extends back from each eye. 

 The male is shghtly less than an inch; 

 the female, slightly more than an inch in 

 length. 



The striped ground crickets (Fig. 222) 

 are only about .4 of an inch long, brown fig. 227 

 in color, with dark stripes lengthwise on Figs. 227, 228:Fig. 227— 



, . , ^, 1 .T 1 1 The slender sedge, Carcx 



the head. They are very plentiful and are ^^,y,,,,,^-,. ^jg, 2 28.-The 



out feeding by day. shore sedge, C. riparia. 



Fig. 228 



