The Insect Folk

Dragon-flies, katydids, the funny back-swimmers and little Mrs. Shore Bug — Morley walks children through the insect world by asking them to go and LOOK: “books will help you, but you must watch, too.”

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The Grasshopper Tribes: Segments

Segments two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight are alike.

Segments nine and ten are modified to form the ovipositor.

Yes, John, the thorax has three segments. They
Yes, John, the thorax has three segments. They

The segments are fastened together by skin. The skin is soft so the segments can move back and forth. The segments can be crowded close together to shorten the abdomen.

The segments can be separated from each other to lengthen the abdomen.

There is no chitin in the skin between the segments. It is soft so the segments can move.

Do you know how a telescope is made?

The abdomen of the insect can lengthen and shorten somewhat like a telescope.

It is easy to see the rings in the abdomen of the locust or grasshopper.

Now, what about the thorax?

That, you tell me, has no rings. 0 Look again, and look carefully.

You will have to see another picture.

This is a picture of the head and thorax of the grasshopper.

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