Biology:Gryllus vernalis
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Short description: Species of cricket
| Northern wood cricket | |
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| Two northern wood crickets trapped on glue-based rat traps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllidae |
| Genus: | Gryllus |
| Species: | G. vernalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gryllus vernalis Blatchley, 1920
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Gryllus vernalis, the northern wood cricket, is a species of 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. doi:10.1093/aesa/50.6.584.
Wikidata ☰ Q10509572 entry
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