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My Studio Neighbors
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W. Hamilton Gibson
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In
the
appended
sketch
I
have
indicated
two
views
of
him,
back
and
profile,
creeping
upon
a
grass
stalk.
A
glance
at
the
insect
tells
the
entomologist
just
where
to
place
him,
as
he
is
plainly
allied
to
the
cicadae,
and
thus
belongs
to
the
order
Hemiptera,
or
family
of
"bugs,"
which
implies,
among
other
things,
that
the
insect
possesses
a
"beak
for
sucking."
To
what
extent
this
tiny
soaker
is
possessed
of
such
a
beak
may
be
inferred
from
the
amount
of
moisture
with
which
he
manages
to
inundate
himself,
which
has
all
been
withdrawn
from
the
stem
upon
which
he
has
fastened
himself,
and
finally
exuded
from
the
pores
of
his
body.
This
is
the
spume-bearer,
Aprophora,
in
his
first
or
larval
estate,
which
continues
for
a
few
weeks
only.
Erelong
he
will
graduate
from
these
ignominious
surroundings,
and
we
shall
see
quite
another
sort
of
creature--an
agile,
pretty
atom,
one
of
which
I
have
indicated
in
flight,
its
upper
wings
being
often
brilliantly
colored,
and
re-enforced
by
a
pair
of
hind
feet
which
emulate
those
of
the
flea
in
their
powers
of
jumping,
which
agility
has
won
the
insect
the
popular
name
of
"froghopper."
They
abound
in
the
late
summer
meadow,
and
hundreds
of
them
may
be
captured
by
a
few
sweeps
of
a
butterfly-net
among
the
grass.
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