Cricket is an ORTHOPTERA (Cricket Family) insect, which is famous for its sweet singing. About 2400 species, 3? 6? 550 mm (0. 12? 6? 52 inches). The antenna is thin, the hind foot is suitable for jumping, and the abdomen has three hocks and two slender sensory appendages (tail whiskers). The front wings are as hard as leather; The hind wings are membranous and used for flying. Males communicate with a row of teeth (about 50? 6? 5250) rub against each other and make a sound. The frequency of sound depends on the number of times of tapping teeth per second, ranging from the largest cricket species to nearly 1 0,500 cycles per second to the smallest cricket species. The rate of singing is directly related to the temperature, and increases with the increase of temperature. The most common song is the courtship that attracts females; There are courtship sounds that induce females to mate, and there are also fighting sounds that drive away other males. Both men and women have sensitive hearing organs in the tibiotibial segment of the forefoot. Most female insects lay eggs in soil or plant stems with slender ovipositors, which can often cause serious harm to plants. In the north, crickets are more mature than autumn to lay eggs, and nymphs hatch and molt in the next spring. 6? 5 12 times and mature. The average life span of an adult is 6? 6? 58 weeks.
Gryllus and Gryllinae's domestic crickets (formerly known as Gryllus Achetadomesticus) are stout, black or brown, and often make shallow holes; Feed on plants, animals, clothes or the like. Field crickets, also known as black crickets, often live in fields or courtyards, and sometimes enter indoors. The head of domestic crickets is light with dark horizontal bands; Has been introduced from Europe to North America; Found in buildings and garbage dumps; Domestic crickets and field crickets are widely distributed and sing day and night. It is sold as bait in the United States for biological experiments. The genus Oncomelania often appears in poems and texts. For example, Dickens' The Good Earth. Nemobiinae is 12 mm long, has a series of high-profile vibrato, and lives in pastoral areas and forest areas. There are three black lines in the abdomen of the striped needle cricket (Nemobiusvittatus). The swim bladder is white or green. Wings are transparent; Eating aphids is beneficial, but it damages branches when laying eggs; Singing is a long vibrato. Snow-white tree cricket (Oecanthusfultoni) is commonly known as thermometer tree cricket, because the number of vibrato it gives out at 15 seconds plus 40 is about equal to the Fahrenheit temperature at that time. Species inhabiting trees and shrubs call at night, while grass species call day and night. There are fewer species of liriominae, 3? 6? 55 mm long, wingless, arched back, living in an ant nest. A kind of wingless shrubbery cricket subfamily (Mogoplistinae), which is common under shrubs or rubble near the water in tropical sandy areas, and has a slender body, 5? 6? 5 13 mm, wingless or small, covered with transparent scales, easy to grind off. Sparganinae (winged scrub crickets) 4? 6? It is 59 mm long and has a sword-shaped ovipositor. It lives in the bushes by the pool. The brown shrub cricket (Eneopterinae) is large, slender and light brown, which is common in trees or shrubs. In the east, people put male crickets in cages to listen to their calls; Cricket fighting has a history of hundreds of years in China. Crickets play an important role in myths and superstitions. People think that the existence of crickets equals good luck and wisdom, and hurting crickets will bring misfortune. A large brown fried cricket is sold in the market in Mandalay, Myanmar, and is often eaten by traveling monks.
In English, many other insects are also called crickets, such as kitchen horses, Jerusalem crickets, moles and fleas.
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Most crickets are small and medium-sized, and a few are large. Tan to dark brown. The head is round, the chest is wide, and the filiform antenna is slender and easy to break. Chewing mouthparts. Some jaws are developed, which is worse than biting a bucket. The forefoot and midfoot are similar and have the same length; Developed hind feet, good at jumping; The tail and beard are longer. The lateral side of the auditory organ on the tibiofibular joint of the forefoot is larger than the medial side. Men like singing, fighting and killing each other. There is a sounder on the front wing of the male insect, which consists of a scraper on the wing vein, a friction vein and a sounder. The front wing is lifted and rubbed left and right, thus vibrating the pronunciation mirror and making a tone. The female body is larger, the needle-shaped or spear-shaped ovipositor is exposed, and the wings are small. Male crickets compete for food, consolidate territory and occupy females.