The locust does not fly with the wing covers.
It spreads them out wide to get them out of the way.
It flies with the inner wings.
How pretty the flying wings are when they are spread out!
See, over there goes a grasshopper whose flying wings are bright yellow.
And there goes another with red flying wings.
Some of the grasshoppers are almost as pretty as butterflies when they are flying.
They show their gay inner wings only during flight.
As soon as the grasshopper comes to rest the inner wings close of themselves.