Orthopterology
Encyclopedia
Orthopterology is the scientific study of grasshopper
s, crickets
and other insects of the order Orthoptera
.
Grasshopper
The grasshopper is an insect of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. To distinguish it from bush crickets or katydids, it is sometimes referred to as the short-horned grasshopper...
s, crickets
Cricket (insect)
Crickets, family Gryllidae , are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers, and more closely related to katydids or bush crickets . They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. There are about 900 species of crickets...
and other insects of the order Orthoptera
Orthoptera
Orthoptera is an order of insects with paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.Many insects in this order produce sound by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps...
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External links
- Mole Crickets species of North America, Puerto Rico and the American Virgin Islands
- Grasshoppers of Florida
- Singing Insects of North America Crickets and Katydids
- house and field crickets: Acheta domesticus, Gryllodes sigillatus. and Gryllus spp.