Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-06-29

| large spaces OF ItfI|orV intervening -
i The following table will give on idea o
| the dstlicls
/ Rcnppcar i
| In Louisiana thoy appear in 1886 ls5
! At Gallinpniis. Ohio l-25 Isi
! On the hl~kIugum river. Ohio 1929 Isl
! In Penn. west ul III. Mountains l532 lSi
| In eastern Georgia aud \. ChrolhE is3i rs
| In Prince GroTgr's virginia lS91 ~
! In southeast n N.wesicri Conn. nud Ms lsg6 lei
! In Midilcs"N co. New Jersey le26 III
! Ia Fauquirrco Virginia aud us far south
II NJ Milton ~ q. LEO lei
| In Northern Maryland and Southern Penn.
II Drav are and northern Virginia 1894 lS5
! In Mississippi y. T.. Pert Gibson l~3i lS5
| IN The south part ol Massachusetts iSIs ls5
| la Ky. aud n,iiacrti parts 81 OHIO I~33 Is5
| In the middle counties of Georgia 1912 les
| ln \ Carolina, central countries, and :.
II part rf Virginia lsi2 Is
| In lllinus, about Alton lsi2 ls5
Il !, may be that the two districts, Musk
.ingum river, Ohio, and Kentucky, etc
may be one aud the same, although tn,
Muskngum river is long distance above
Kentucky So also may the MiddlcscN
co y. j. district be a part of the south.
eastern y. York, western Niassachuseii,
and western Connecticut districts. Al
the others are peri' city disconnected
and The only point at which we are al
any loss IN the boundaries Of the dish lets
we do not know whether those above
indicated cover the whole extent Of our
country, ar whether there are others not
yet recorded. II editors of newspapers
and poslnastcrs would take upon them.
selves the small trouble of Informing me
Of the fact whenever and wherever the
locust occurs, | shall be able to make
the table complete. 1t is not uncommon
in some parts of our country for this in
sect To appear nj periods differing more
or less from II years. We account tor
this in this way. Loudon county, Va,
is on the borders oftwo districts, that of
Maryland, etc. 1883 and that of Fau-
quier county, etc. (lG26-'43ll and these
districts lap over each other IN l.oudon
go. and probably for along extent otter
ritoIy. Hence on this border-bclt the
The insect appears every ei igh,h and
every ninth year alternately. This cir
cums ancc has led the people in that sec
tion Of the country To disbelieve in the
seventeenth year character OF this insect,
asserting that It Is not true, at least so
far as their section Of country is con-
cerncd. Other sections present other
deviations from the sume cause. For
example, in the south part Of Hcnrico
county, Va. they have the locust this
year, and they Will have them again in
&c the borders of the two districts
Tapped as above.
These insects make their way out Of,
the ground n soon as the weather be-
comes warm in the spring-sdy from The
9th Of April in the south to the 10Th of
May in the \ making a round hole,
like n three fourth inch uugur hole, in
the ground In IA grove of shrubbcry,
that was occupied by trees or shrubs
seventeen years before, there will be
several Of these holes in n square ioo!.
The insect, when it leaves the ground isl
in chrysalis state. lie seeks tree or
shrub, immediately attaches himself To
/, u few feet from the ground, until he !
becomes dry, when he rnp,ures his shell
on The back, works himself ont of it,
expands his delicate wings to
the sun and air, and in the course OF
an hour or two is ready for flight. They
a,e nearly n month before they leave the
ground after they have reached near the .
surface, having formed a kind of cham .
ber at The top Of their holes, apparently !
Tor the purpose of availlog themselves OF
he warmth Of the sun, as they descend
10 the bottom at night aud in cold wealth
er, and ascend TO The top in the day time
in warm dry weather. The top Of the
chamber or hole, and its sides are nicely
cemcntcd for the purpose Of excluding
water.
Soon after the insect has taken flight,
as above mentioned, the union of the
sexes takes place, and in few days
generally only one or two the females
begin to deposit their eggs in the small
of trees and shrubs. They |.
generally choose branches abou, the size
,ftheir own bodies. twill be nnpossl-
Die to describe the mode of dcpositng
he eggs without the aid OF drawings
The female has an instrument called l
IN oviposI'or, (egg deposi'or,I by means
jf which she makes an excavation in the
branch, TO the depth Of about half way
between The bark and pith in each ey-
:avaiion she deposltes two eggs then
,iihdraws the oviposi,or, makes another
excavation, deposits two more, and thus
proceeds ill all are deposited. Ii she
las not room enough on one side, she
toes round TO the other, and when she
oes SO the branch is opt to perish from
he interruption Of the sap hence we
&C so many dead branches on the trees
nd shrabbery in the summer of "locusl
ears" In from three TO five DAYS after
tho eggs the female dies
he male dies day or two sooner. -
hey always select living wood in which
, deposiie the eggs. They are not par
cular US TO The kind of treo or shrub,
scept that they generally AVOID all
'csebinthenaie trees such as pincs, etc.
u six to seven weeks after they are de.
Dsilrd as above, they hatch the little
lspcls, creeping out of The excavations,
III To The ground and Immediately enter
r earth ~ search of food, attaching
10 the tender radicals of
rnss or mhsr vegetable gtowihs. aud T.
cding on the randalioo from their sur
rrs They have no other mode oi
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