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Cricket, an insect related to the grasshopper. The cricket has long antennae (feelers) and a flat back with hard wing covers. See more »
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Locusts and grasshoppers are very similar, and both are within the Order Orthoptera. Grasshoppers can make clicking sounds by rubbing their hind legs against their abdomen or forewings.
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Cricket
Cricket, an insect related to the grasshopper. The cricket has long antennae (feelers) and a flat back with hard wing covers.
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Grasshopper
Grasshopper, a leaping insect closely related to roaches and crickets. There are two types of grasshoppers: long-horned and short-horned.
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Katydid, a long-horned grasshopper that lives chiefly in trees and shrubs. (The term long-horned refers to the antennae.) The katydid is named for its mating call, "Katydid! Katydidn't!'' The call, in most species made by the male only, is produced by rubbing a scraper on one forewing against the toothed edge of the other forewing.
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Mole Cricket, a large cricket that lives in shallow underground burrows. It is found in many parts of the world.
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Mormon Cricket, a large, wingless long-horned grasshopper of the western United States.
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