LOCUSTS, BUTTERFLIES, BEES, WASPS 



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a limited degree of movement. By closer study it will 

 be found that there are three distinct regions in the body 

 of a -locust; namely, 

 head, thorax, and ab- 

 domen (Fig. 94), It 

 is well to note, just 

 here, that the bodies 

 of all insects are seg- 

 mented and divided 

 into three regions 

 as the body of the 

 locust is. 



The head and its ap- 

 pendages. — The head 

 of the locust bears 

 several prominent ap- 

 pendages ; namely, Fig. 95. — Head of locust : a, a, antennae ; c, c, 

 the antenna, or feel- '=°""P°""d eyes ; s, simple eyes ; u, upper lip. 



ers, the eyes, and the mouth parts (Fig. 95). The antennae 

 are slender, threadlike organs attached to the front of 

 the head near the top. Each one is made up of a number 

 of short segments. 



On each side of the 

 head, just back of the 

 antennae, is a large, 

 conspicuous compound 

 eye. Each one is com- 

 posed of a number of 

 regular six-sided divi- 

 sions which give it a 

 honeycomb appearance 



Fig. 96. — Portion of locust's compound eye. (Fig. 96) . In addition 



