Show J TIlE TIIE FAMILIAR n LOCUST Oh- Oh OF 01 TIlE THE Till DOG BOG D DAYS DYS YS isy Uy N I CJ President The American Nature Ola It Is well known that many In- In have II avery ery short life liCe at least as r regards tho the perfect and andy adult sta stage e though bees on and 1 ants have been known to live Ue as ns long long as os 14 or 15 years The longest lived Insect how how- however however ever Is probably the l cicada corn com commonly called In this country the th locust There Them are arc many bp cles some less than an Inch mi In In length while others reach a length of or near near- I ly three Inches The best known species Is the famous Camous year 17 locust which Is known to take that length of time timeto timeto to pass through Its normal cy life lifecycle dc cle Y L LAV LY EGGS ANt AND DIE The year 17 locust occurs over most of ot the United States from the great plains eastward In immense numbers during c certain years These hordes lay thelt and anddIe anddie anddie dIe I 1 IThe The eggs are laid In tiny puni- puni pun punctures I tures turcs In the twigs of ot trees and c when these hatch the liny tiny burrow Into the ground After 17 years cars of this subterranean can ean existence living on th thi roots ot of trees and other plants d al and attained a length of oC about an Inch and a D half halt they hey to trans trans-I trans transform form Corm to tho adult stage stae y Coming out of the ground at dusk they ascend the nearest tree or oJ bush and during the night nigh burst the scaly 81 skin akin which covers then and emerge as perfect flying in- in insect In Insect sect i Their life In this state la lasts lats ts only on onn n a few tew weeks at the tho most and it If some enemy has not devoured them they die a natural de death th leaving lea the tho eggs which are aro to produce the next generation Some of the broods brood o of th the perIod perIod- periodical period leal ical cicada ha cicada cicada- ha base e been under I Locust since 1663 and the ranges ot of all the broods some thirty In number have been mapped In such detail that hat the tho periodical appear appear- appearance ance of the Insects In a 11 given lo- lo locality can be accurately predicted d |