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The general tint of this grasshopper is a pretty red, and 

 see how its long hind legs are projected. Down it goes upon 

 the grass and is very inconspicuous until it suddenly starts 

 up again in front of you. 



Grasshoppers belong to a tribe of insects which is very 

 different from that to which butterflies and moths belong. 

 They do not pass through such distinctly marked stages as 

 the latter, in which the caterpillar, chrysalis and imago, or 

 perfect insect, are very different from one another. They have 

 the same number of changes, but there is very little difference 

 in their appearance at each stage. There is no resemblance 

 between the caterpillar and the butterfly produced from it, 

 but there is a very great resemblance between the larval and 

 the adult grasshopper. Both have six legs (the normal num- 

 ber to be found in insects), both are exceedingly active, both 

 are provided with good biting jaws, the only essential differ- 

 ence being the presence of wings in the adult, although there 

 is also frequently a very considerable difference in size and 

 colour. 



Belonging to an order of insects closely 

 allied to the grasshoppers, although not 

 very like them, is the common earwig, 

 which has a pair of strong forceps at its 

 tail. The larva has no wing cases, is 

 much smaller than the adult, and has 

 the forceps straighter. In the pupal 

 stage traces of elytra or wing-cases 

 appear, the insect gets larger and the 



forceps become more curved. It is not, FlG ' 32 -~ THE EABWI 

 .,,... < i (Forficula auricular ia). 



however, until the insect is perfected 



that a pair of large gauzy wings are developed, These, 



