Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation: Arranged According to the System of LinnaeusR. Phillips, 1805 |
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... Mole Crickets utter a low , dull , jarring note , not much unlike the chat- tering of the Goat - sucker . In the beginning of May they lay their eggs . Mr. White says that a gardener , at a house where he was on a visit , happening to ...
... Mole Crickets utter a low , dull , jarring note , not much unlike the chat- tering of the Goat - sucker . In the beginning of May they lay their eggs . Mr. White says that a gardener , at a house where he was on a visit , happening to ...
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... Mole Crickets are troublesome insects in hot - beds , where they make great havock by hacking and gnawing the roots of plants with their fore - feet , he ends of which are armed with teeth like a saw * . The Rev. Mr. Gould kept a Mole ...
... Mole Crickets are troublesome insects in hot - beds , where they make great havock by hacking and gnawing the roots of plants with their fore - feet , he ends of which are armed with teeth like a saw * . The Rev. Mr. Gould kept a Mole ...
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