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Katydids, Crickets, and Allies
(Suborder Ensifera)
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Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets, katydids, grigs, wetas and Cooloola monsters. It and the suborder Caelifera (the grasshoppers and locusts) make up the order Orthoptera. Ensifera is believed to be a more ancient group than Caelifera, with its origins in the Carboniferous period, the split having occurred at the end of the Permian period. Unlike the Caelifera, the Ensifera contain numerous members that are partially carnivorous, feeding on...
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True Crickets
(Family Gryllidae)
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Crickets (also known as "true crickets"), of the family Gryllidae, are insects related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. The Gryllidae have mainly cylindrical bodies, round heads, and long antennae. Behind the head is a smooth, robust pronotum. The abdomen ends in a pair of long cerci (spikes); females have a long, cylindrical ovipositor. The hind legs have enlarged femora (thighs), providing power for jumping. The front wings are adapted as tough, leathery ely
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Cricket Frogs
(Genus Acris)
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Cricket frogs, genus Acris, are small, North American frogs of the family Hylidae. They are more aquatic than other members of the family, and are generally associated with permanent bodies of water with surface vegetation. The common and scientific names refer to their call, which resembles that of a cricket.
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Blanchard's Cricket Frog
(Acris blanchardi)
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Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) is a subspecies of northern cricket frog (A. crepitans). It is a small, darkly colored frog. It is seen throughout the Midwestern United States, and although not considered threatened at a federal level, is a threatened or endangered in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. It is extirpated from Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada.
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European Field Cricket
(Gryllus campestris)
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Gryllus campestris is one of many crickets known as field crickets. These flightless dark colored insects are comparatively large; the males range from 19 to 23 mm and the females from 17 to 22 mm.
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Fall Field Cricket
(Gryllus pennsylvanicus)
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Gryllus pennsylvanicus is known as the fall field cricket. G. pennsylvanicus is common in southern Ontario, is widespread across much of North America and can be found even into parts of northern Mexico. It tends to be absent in most of the southwestern United States including southern California. Within its geographic range this field cricket will burrow into soil in fields and forest edges. Individuals inhabit grassy disturbed areas and are often found around areas of
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Northern Cricket Frog
(Acris crepitans)
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The northern cricket frog (Acris crepitans) is a species of small hylid frog native to the United States and northeastern Mexico. Despite being members of the tree frog family, they are not arboreal. It has three recognized subspecies.
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Tropical House Cricket
(Gryllodes sigillatus)
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Gryllodes sigillatus, known commonly as the Tropical house cricket, Indian house cricket, or the banded cricket, is a small cricket probably native to Southwestern Asia, but has spread throughout tropical regions worldwide. Like its relative the House cricket, the Tropical house cricket is also raised commercially for feeding certain pets such as reptiles, birds, amphibians, and insectivorous arthropods.
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Boreal Chorus Frog
(Pseudacris maculata)
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The boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata) is a species of chorus frog native to Canada from central Quebec to eastern British Columbia and north to the Northwest Territories and the southern portion of the Yukon Territory. It occurs in the USA throughout Montana, northwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Arizona, northern New Mexico, and southwestern Utah.
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Southern Cricket Frog
(Acris gryllus)
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The southern cricket frog or southeastern cricket frog (Acris gryllus) is a small hylid frog native to the Southeastern United States. It is very similar in appearance and habits to the northern cricket frog, Acris crepitans, and was considered formerly conspecific (Dickerson 1906). The scientific name Acris is from the Greek word for locust, and the species name gryllus is Latin for cricket (Georgia Wildlife).
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Southern Field Cricket
(Gryllus bimaculatus)
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Gryllus bimaculatus is one of many cricket species known as field crickets. Also known as the African or Mediterranean field cricket or as the two-spotted cricket, it can be discriminated from other Gryllus species by the two dot-like marks on the base of its wings.
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Wood Cricket
(Nemobius sylvestris)
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Nemobius sylvestris, the wood cricket, is a flightless species of cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is native to Western Europe and North Africa but uncommon in Britain.
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Western Chorus Frog
(Pseudacris triseriata)
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The western chorus frog (Pseudacris triseriata), also known as striped chorus frog, or midland chorus frog is a species of frog found in Canada and the United States.
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Italian Tree Cricket
(Oecanthus pellucens)
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Oecanthus pellucens, common name Italian tree cricket, is a species of tree crickets belonging to the family Gryllidae, subfamily Oecanthinae.
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House Cricket
(Acheta domesticus)
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Acheta domesticus, commonly called the house cricket, is a cricket most likely native to Southwestern Asia, but has spread worldwide. They are commercially bred as food for pets such as amphibians, arthropods, birds, and reptiles, but can be kept as pets themselves, as has been the case in China and Japan.
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Spring Field Cricket
(Gryllus veletis)
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Gryllus veletis, commonly known as the spring field cricket, is abundant throughout eastern North America. G. veletis is a solitary, aggressive, omnivorous, burrow-inhabiting species of field cricket. This species is commonly confused with Gryllus pennsylvanicus (fall field cricket), as they inhabit the same geographical area. However, the two species are easily distinguished through examination of life history, ovipositor and behavioural differences. Predators
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Common Crevice-Cricket
(Gryllomorpha dalmatina)
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Gryllomorpha dalmatina is a species of cricket belonging to the family Gryllidae subfamily Gryllomorphinae.
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Black-horned Tree Cricket
(Oecanthus nigricornis)
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Oecanthus nigricornis is a cricket in the genus Oecanthus ("common tree crickets"), in the subfamily Oecanthinae ("tree crickets"). A common name for Oecanthus nigricornis is "black-horned tree cricket". Oecanthus nigricornis is found in North America.
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Common Trig
(Trigonidium cicindeloides)
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Trigonidium cicindeloides is a small beetle-like species of sword-tail crickets, widespread in Africa, southern Europe, and southern Asia.
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Snowy Tree Cricket
(Oecanthus fultoni)
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Oecanthus fultoni, also known as the snowy tree cricket, or thermometer cricket, is a species of tree cricket from North America. Before 1960, the name Oecanthus niveus was wrongly applied to this species.
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Hairy Scale-Cricket
(Arachnocephalus vestitus)
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Four-spotted Tree Cricket
(Oecanthus quadripunctatus)
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Oecanthus quadripunctatus is a cricket in the genus Oecanthus ("common tree crickets"), in the subfamily Oecanthinae ("tree crickets"). A common name for Oecanthus quadripunctatus is "four-spotted tree cricket". Oecanthus quadripunctatus is found in North America.
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