''Velarifictorus micado'', the Japanese burrowing cricket, is a cricket in the subfamily
Gryllinae
Gryllinae, or field crickets, are a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera and the family Gryllidae.
They hatch in spring, and the young crickets (called nymphs) eat and grow rapidly. They shed their skin ( molt) eight or more times before ...
(family Gryllidae).
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''Velarifictorus micado'' species information. It is found in southern Asia, along with an introduced population in the United States.
[ It was first reported in the US in 1959, likely as overwintering eggs in the soil of imported plants, and has since spread all throughout the eastern half of the country. ''V. micado'' is considered to be quite passive and non-destructive. Studies have shown that its range has spread northward and may be much more invasive than previously thought.]
Wildlife Prairie Park
File:Velarifictorus micado paralyzed ventral.jpg, paralyzed by a wasp – ventra
Wildlife Prairie Park
Velarifictorus micado singing in Hyogo.webm, ''V. micado'' song
References
Further reading
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* Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets of the United States, Capinera, Scott, Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
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Gryllinae
Orthoptera of Asia
Insects described in 1877
Taxa named by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure
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