72 FARM FRIENDS AND FARM FOES 



Long-horned or Meadow Grasshoppers 



1 . Get a few Meadow Grasshoppers of different kinds and put in a 

 vivarium. Feed with clovers or grasses. 



2. In what ways do these dififer from the true locusts or common 

 grasshoppers ? 



3. Watch to see if you can find out just how they sing. 



4. Look up some of these references : — 



The Insect Book, pages 336-340. American Insects, pages 149-156. Stories of 

 Insect Life, Second Series, pages 6-10. 



Crickets 



1. Collect some Black Crickets and keep in a glass vivarium with sod 

 in the bottom. Observe whether you can see them move their wings as 

 they sing. See if you can get some to lay their eggs. 



2. You can generally get Tree Crickets in summer and autumn by 

 beating branches of trees and shrubs over an open inverted umbrella. 

 Keep some in a vivarium, providing aphides for them to feed upon. 



3. Look up some of these references : — 



The Insect Book, pages 341-344, American. Insect's, pages 157-161. Life His- 

 tories of American Insects, pages 45-58. 



Walking Sticks 



1 . You can often get live Walking Sticks by beating branches over 

 an umbrella. Keep in a vivarium and insert leafy twigs for food. 

 Notice how quiet the insects remain by day. 



2. Look up these references : — 



The Insect Book, pages 323-325. Nature Biographies, pages 58-63: 



