Facts about Orthoptera
Where they live.
Field crickets, the familiar black or brownish crickets are often
abundant in meadows and fields. Also in dwellings or in small clusters in the
ground. Tree Crickets are more often heard then seen. Usually colored green
these slender crickets live in shrubs and trees. Mole Crickets can burrow
rapidly through moist soil. They also can live in caves, hollow logs, beneath
stones, and other dark moist places. Grasshoppers are also part of this group.
They often become very abundant, and migrate in tremendous swarms. Destroying
nearly all plants in their path. They like to live in wet grassy areas. Locust
also contribute to Orthoptera. Locust plagues have been recorded since the
beginning of history and are still one of the worlds major insect problems.
Cockroaches are in this group too. Their are an estimated 3,000 cockroach
species in the world. About 55 live in the U.S., and only 4 species ar common
household pets. German......
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