The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-06-20

have hecn requested iI NUMEROUS PERSONS to
give ihr I'iTf'catITi Va relation To the history
and habit Uf this singular meet I will rnd-av0r
to de- 81. shall continue io call ihi. insect the
iocH,'. L,rau-e u l. 10 uniVrra, "a. md ~ We
write to he ubdcrsio'd by all r-adrr.. 1t IL prop
ef ihaI We shOnld us~ such lauguagr ~ all un.
drr.isnd Thee ruthc nauIr = rtciiI '.sqd,c,n.-
Ia the ahOic range Oi natural history there is
nothing more strange than the t,ci-- whirh has
been established With a. much certainty ~ any
fact in astronomy ever Was. II that = littr insect
not a large the ant shall pass into the ground
and remain there seventeen years AID then rtnerge
in the form oi a comparatively large insect, or
that certain tribe al insects shall apl,T here IN
inmrnsr numIrrs-nunlbersa almost equal TO those
Of the sands Oi the SEA shore rxacllt oucr IN ss-
ven,cen years. always 10 t,;c same uonth almost
on the same day and samr hour Il H. indeed
wonderful but 1t is nevertheless true Another
fact, equally strange !. that there arr mum, rous
tribes Of these insccis ! hAv, the particulars of
twenty Eight districts IL the United State. in
each Of which thrsr insects aplear every seventeen
year. but zach district has a different year for
their apirafance irOIi that VI any nrighbOfiug
district ThSy 10 no, pAss ifoiu one district to
another bu, remain 10 their owa district
Though they can nv, their flight /. very short
from tree 10 tree, some fifty VT hundred yafds
Is about ~ far ~ they usually attempt to iiy
Very high ~inds frrquenily drive ihem 10 "A con.
siderable distance, even over rivers Rivers and
mountains are generally boundaries VI their dis
ircis. Though ihry will 20 pretty well up the
sides of the mountains, they rarely II ever reach
the top. or 20 over II aud they cannot fy over
a river tae eighth of mile wide Siill, the whole
country, now occupied only once IN seventeen
wears, will Ia the course Of time BE- visited by
them every year, "a CONSEQUENCE OF the mingling
of the districts, by the insects being waited by
the winds one 10 another. As before stated, there
nOw several places where the insects Of neigh
boring districts have eomminglcd, causing their
APPEARANCE every eight aud niue years alternate
", A.. We knew but that other insects require
also number of years for their exislencc, though
they now aPiear 20 be annual The progeny VI
one that Appeared several yeaFs ago, coming up
this year aud ihose Of smother that appeared .
year afteT, coming nexi year. aud 20 on. The
habits Of the locust arr ~ follows BY shaving
oh an inch Of the soil from the Let ~ the 10th of
April, or any time before the goth Of NAY, ia any
place whers trees &c, grew seventeen wears be-
fore, you will opeh the chambers Of the lOeusis.
They look like halt augsr holes. Dig down aud
you will Ind one locust ia the hole. This hole
or ehamheT is = place wherein be prepares him.
self for biz hnai appearance In the perfect state
DuFing night, o. 10 cold OF yet weather, he is At
the hoiiom ~ lh- hole, = 10 l: inches deep In
the middle II ID, IL, he u a. the top. svidsnily
preparing 20 .ieugh the she'll OF skin The walls
81 aNAttAAt tAtNIf MNiff etifAiilf Wv
q peculiar sisgid hunof
Aheal lhs soth VI MAJ, DAY ~ lso earlier %
later aerofiing ~ the Ssaihet thsy will bsgin
20 isavs ihs ground You will 80 their I'D shell
adhrring io the bark offs tree oT shrub Hut
isx xill h. found the hfsi day. Inofe the s~cond
ard - on increasing 10 numbers
When they coue np from the earth always
about ght or a little b-fOfv iasnle.lais
ly climb the hrsi objrci they mesi with. = ,rsv
- H.
They thsn lay hold of The bari aiing thslnsel.
veshrmly BY their claws, and eommence working
tbsmeslves cut ol theif old she'll which i done
By fuptuiiag u ga ths back, brtwesn the shoul-
defs AMI drawiag theusriVes out AZ soon a.
they get faiglj oat they Siss hold oflks oli shsl
will shsif eiaws Tala tlsasssivea, aud besin ic
sGpani ilsiT wings Their bodies aud wing. al
this time arr snesedinEly delicate, white aud
moist bat few minaies sEposav 10 the air
dris- and hafdsns then % that hy tie l.G.. she
suu - iaifiy s.sea, lhsy psffset. aud eau ~
The sings hsf1gs sloaghiag are beaatfally fold
81 up, IN u h = bsantifal sight 10 ~ thru un-
folded, aud IN frw mlaatss changed from tie
sofi and dslicais tis,ur, 10 The agm aud rlgged
wlRg u The psslscl lnssot Tit ~ . 49, ar very
sioaay aay, thsy are very apl 10 parish in the op
grafton Of sloughins aud dTying
Ahoai The 18th q Jans. they oonsusass dspss
ting thsir egKs This is 81 vety iatsFestlng sight
ioa gill 80 oas Aiiaehsd 10 = limb or iWlg and
i Will not ~ sway - yoa approaeh. i.ook
elasely, aaA Zoe sti ~ u saosgaiiLs hols ia
the limh sllh ~ eafious evipoliiof Watch n
el0sriy and ~ soou u has lnagftel the aviIABi
irr fumrlsiely lAie he limb take hald II the
nsset aud Fsnsi, bot gaiekly draw u forward
Ani apply he paint ~ ih@ ovipositof 10 the PALM
~ the hand, uhsn yoa uill - tao sgrs sl-cied
lnlo yoar hand IN qulck sacces.ion rhsy ae.
posii two eggs II raeh Insertion " ths @ pasiiai
and grrefally hte 10 isn pain 10 each plaos on
thr limb nbs theu gufs 10 aihsf plAres on the
tams Limit. of 70 sonle oihsf liuh aaa relsais
The sJsfaiion till lhr has laid ahoal sao eggs
Ths sgss sfs uhiis, es I~Afi color aboai he
liih " ~ iash Ions and ahoui one slIih as
ihirk a. thsy aIs long. u i thts ol,~fAiion that
of the iAp vtsssis The time of dsposltlns she
eges cunlinass llll aLosi ihe lQik ~ Juss shea
ihsy sac Az kinds u tFess ani shfubs are -
lected By lhem fuF lhsiT drposlls eaopi pines 90
othsf tuffsniins iIess The do got lFsu "a -
bet the hardest nor The unosi on wooi, tai that
which V abaai ne siss oi their toiies o. less
asenis ~ " ehossn lhs epsfaiion Tsyairing tl,sm
10 grasp The sides u lbs llmh ulih thssg class
which lhsy eoald aol Do - .sll y lhe llme' we're
large " grasplng armly wllh their claws, thsy
Arr abs 10 make great pfessafe 90 The Toini ~
the ovlposilof, and thus easet thsif oeisst
From tis lst 90 The 10ih u Juns al ahFulhinT
Of valus should h protested, slihsT b. eafefaiiy
eassrlus Il with ehiAp sanns, o. IN The ease d
pot plants. BY kesplng Ihsm 10 The hour
Abosi The 9sth u iaas. he egg ulll b Fsady
10 hatch Thea take limb conlalnlng lham, cut
carefully tlll you enpoes The egEn, aud theu tMks
them out, placr then IN he pals " ~ hand,
and tllry viii hatch ia . Zee mlnuisa. halittis
lnssei iTsrs himsslflfon NE eNg pFsCirsly " thf
sans uay that tht iaIsf one dld ln,ihs spring. ~
Fupguflnn The she'll % hls haek AZ seon as ~
4 f.flr ,al AZ ths sheli ha stafts a hriaklN ls
ss@gsh rffcei lsi hlm gsl " ths gtosna nad
you will ~ hin work Ne way inio II, fs,iis~
him and yoa ulli ~ kim aiiach himWn 10 IN
lendeF rools " gtnas and olhss Vegsamhlsa eom,
lasnee taklng ~ ~ liquia sau1slinu fsala ~
snFfaes wish hls liitla Fesifam - snoat fhesl
obasrvalioas can Gals u naA1s slth wood maaul'
ging glasi b. ,hs ail " he rlass yoa cas- -