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The horsehair worm Paragordius varius is an internal parasite and can control the behaviour of its cricket host and cause it to enter water, where the parasite continues its lifecycle and the cricket likely drowns. [29]
Orthoptera (from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós) 'straight' and πτερά (pterá) 'wings') is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā.
Grylloidea is the superfamily of insects, in the order Orthoptera, known as crickets. It includes the " true crickets ", scaly crickets , wood crickets and many other subfamilies, now placed in six extant families; some genera are only known from fossils.
Northern cricket frogs are preyed upon by a number of species, including birds, fish, and other frogs. To escape predators, they are capable of leaping up to 3 feet in a single jump and are excellent swimmers. It has been found that not only temperature, but hydration also has an effect on how far these frogs can jump.
Gryllinae, or field crickets, are a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera and the family Gryllidae. They hatch in spring, and the young crickets (called nymphs) eat and grow rapidly. They shed their skin eight or more times before they become adults. Field crickets eat a broad range of food: seeds, plants, or insects (dead or alive).
The Ensifera (crickets, ... The legs of these species are so powerful that they can jump quite a long distance. they also use this to flee from danger. [17]
The Mormon cricket's cannibalistic behavior may lead to swarm behavior because crickets may need to move constantly forward to avoid attacks from behind. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] When a large band crosses a road, it can create a safety hazard by causing distracted revulsion on the part of the driver and by causing the road surface to become slick with ...
Phalangopsidae, which includes the "spider crickets" and their allies, is a reconstituted (2014 [1]) family of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera), [2] [3] with the type genus Phalangopsis. Priority for family-group names based on this genus dates from Blanchard's " Phalangopsites ".