Gryllus vernalis
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| Gryllus vernalis | |
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| Two northern wood crickets trapped on glue-based rat traps | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Family: | Gryllidae |
| Genus: | Gryllus |
| Species: | G. vernalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gryllus vernalis Blatchley, 1920 | |
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Northern wood cricket (Gryllus vernalis) is a species of field cricket native to deciduous woods of the midwestern United States, where its primary habitat is leaf litter. It can be identified by its totally black exoskeleton (with the occasional red patch on the femora) and its wide pronotum.[1]
References
- ↑ Alexander, R.D. (1957). "The taxonomy of the field crickets of the Eastern United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Acheta)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 50: 584=602.
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