The locust plague and its suppression / by Æneas Munro.

  • Munro, Aeneas.
Date:
[1899]
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Credit: The locust plague and its suppression / by Æneas Munro. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    see, such means as those above mentioned would not in the smallest way be effective in preserving the produce of the garden or other part from the “ hoppers,” who are invincible, unless entirely different means are adopted, and they devour everything clean before them. In the period now under consideration, when they settle for resting during the day, or when they roost at night, or keep to their perch on the cold, a a b b Fig. 4.—Specimens of locusts—(a) The African locust ; (b) the South American locust. cheerless, and sunless day, you may approach them easily and catch them. DESCRIPTION OF A (FULLY FLEDGED) LOCUST 85. Description and anatomy or physical features of the locust.—The adult locust has the following very pronounced parts which may be observed : a strong, wild-looking head; a strong collar, inside which the neck moves ; powerful, peculiarly formed legs, attached
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