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True Crickets
Gryllidae
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 elytra...
13 branches of this family, most-observed first
Field Crickets
subfamilyGryllinae
Eneopterinae
subfamilyEneopterinae
Gryllomorphinae
subfamilyGryllomorphinae
Bark Crickets
subfamilyLandrevinae
Itarinae
subfamilyItarinae
Silent Litter Crickets
subfamilyPentacentrinae
Gryllomiminae
subfamilyGryllomiminae
Menonia
genusMenonia
Rhabdotogryllus
genusRhabdotogryllus
Hemigryllinae
subfamilyHemigryllinae
Neogryllodes
genusNeogryllodes
Capillogryllus
genusCapillogryllus
Spinogryllus
genusSpinogryllus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52884.