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Crickets Grasshoppers and Katydids: Orthoptera

Physical Characteristics, Habitat, Diet, Behavior And Reproduction, Orthopterans And People, Conservation StatusGEOGRAPHIC RANGE



BEETLE CRICKET (Rhabdotogryllus caraboides): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
VARIEGATED GRASSHOPPER (Zonocerus variegatus): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
GREENHOUSE CAMEL CRICKET (Tachycines asynamorus): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
BALSAM BEAST (Anthophiloptera dryas): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
LONG-WINGED CONEHEAD (Conocephalus discolor): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
DEAD LEAF MIMETICA (Mimetica mortuifolia): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
HISPANIOLA HOODED KATYDID (Polyancistrus serrulatus): SPECIES ACCOUNTS

Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids are found on all continents and islands, except Antarctica. There are about 21,400 species of orthopterans worldwide, with about 3,000 species in the United States and Canada.

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Animal Life ResourceInsects and Spiders