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47. These Insects lay their eggs in the twigs of trees, 

 and then die. From the eggs are hatched, during the 

 same summer, little six-legged worms, so small that it 

 would take sixteen of them to measure one inch in length. 

 These remain in the ground seventeen years, feeding on 

 the juices of roots. At the end of that time they enclose 

 themselves in a shell or case, then crawl up the trunks 

 and branches of trees, to which they cling until their shell 

 or dry skin bursts open ; and, finding themselves provided 

 with wings, they fly away. 



48. CRICKETS belong to the same order of 

 Insects as the Locusts and Grasshoppers. They 

 can dig underground passages for themselves, 

 and their long hind legs enable them to take 

 long leaps. 



49. House Crickets and Field Crickets are deadly 

 enemies to each other; in fact, Crickets generally are 

 very quarrelsome and are always ready for a fight. In 

 Germany, mis'chievous boys get up pitched battles between 

 them, when these warlike Insects kick like horses, butt 

 like rams, and scratch like cats, until one or the other 

 runs away or is disabled. 



50. One of the most annoying Insects is the 

 MOSQUITO, which has a long, slender body, six 

 legs, and two wings. It has also a little pro- 

 boscis for piercing and sucking. This contains 

 several lancets so small and so sharp that 

 together they are finer and sharper than a 

 needle. 



