202 NATURE SKETCHES IN TEMPERATE AMERICA 



purpose of more deeply penetrating to the pith. During the 

 first stage of the process the female stands with her head directed 

 downwards, but as soon as the spot is prepared with the mouth, 

 she reverses her body preparatory to the act of oviposition. 

 Firmly grasping the plant stem with her feet, she curves the 



A Green Meadow Grasshopper {Orchelimum glaberrimum), 

 laying her eggs in the stem of the burr marigold. 



abdomen underneath, at the same time bringing the pointed 

 extremity of the ovipositor into the breach made in the stem 

 above described. Now she stands with her ovipositor under 

 the abdomen with the blades slightly imbedded, but gradually 

 as it is worked within the stem she almost imperceptibly moves 

 forward, a little at a time. 



