Grashoppa), names applied to orthopterous insects belonging to the families Locustidae and Acridiidae.
All are vegetable feeders, and, as in all orthopterous insects, have an incomplete metamorphosis, so that their destructive powers are continuous from the moment of emergence from the egg till death.
Defn: Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.
Defn: Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera.
Defn: Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididæ and Locustidæ.
Defn: Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidæ, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.
Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.
The Dermaptera and orthopterousfamilies Blattidae, Mantidae, and Phasmidae of Texas.
We come next to the Orthopterous mouth, which is well illustrated by the Cockroach.
Thysanuran or Orthopterous larvæ cannot differ very widely from the adult form of primitive Insects.
An orthopterous insect that holds its arms as if in prayer.
Now, come, let us look at all of our orthopterous friends again, cockroaches first.
But I can tell you, we feel a little better acquainted with you orthopterous fellows than we did.
Gressoria, a sub-order of orthopterous insects with slender bodies and long legs.
Of orthopterous insects the Phasmidae present the most striking examples of magnitude; and in the Neuroptera, the Agrionidae of great length.
Orthopterous insects may perhaps one day be discovered analogous to the two other crustaceous orders, the Decapods and Branchiopods; but at present I know of none of that description.
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