The locust plague and its suppression / by Æneas Munro.

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

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    to the food the locusts particularly like or dislike, it may be said few things come amiss to them, on the one hand; and, on the other, where lood is more plentiful or abundant, they are somewhat fastidious or capricious. Thus, in one case, they do not refuse to eat their own Fig. ii.—Locusts attacking fruit—half natural size.—After Bruner. diseased or weak kind, and even feed on dead dnimals; while, in the other, they pass by sweet stuffs, and seem to prefer the bitter, acrid vegetables and plants. Natural grasses are not appreciated so much as cultivated plants—grains and cultivated pastures suffer first and chiefly ! They are not specially fond of melons, pumpkins, or the poisonous weed Mio-mio (Romerillo). When wheat is pretty far
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