Yes, May, they are the roof to the grasshopper's body, and they help to protect it.
Let us gently spread them out.
Ah! these roof wings are not what the locust flies with at all.
See, folded up under them is a pair of delicate gauzy wings.
If we are careful, we can spread them out.
We will use this dead grasshopper that Charlie has found.
What pretty wings! So dainty! And how cleverly they are folded up, like little fans.
Who would imagine such delicate gauzy wings were folded away under the hard, stiff roof wings.
The roof wings are called wing covers, because they cover up these pretty inner wings.