Crickets are Orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms, "crickets" were placed at the family level (i.e. Gryllidae), but contemporary authorities including Otte now place them in the superfamily Grylloidea. The word has been used in combination to describe long-recognised unrelated taxa in the suborder Ensifera, such as king crickets and mole crickets. Learn more about Cricket and grasshopper
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Cricket and Grasshopper Species Videos
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Carolina Grasshopper (3 videos) | Dissosteira carolina | Not Available |
Common Meadow Grasshopper (9 videos) | Orchelimum vulgare | Not Available |
Kiowa Grasshopper (1 videos) | Trachyrhachys kiowa | Not Available |
Lubber Grasshopper (33 videos) | Brachystola magna | Not Available |
Short-winged Meadow Grasshopper (16 videos) | Conocephalus brevipennis | Not Available |
Two-striped Grasshopper (7 videos) | Melanoplus bivittatus | Not Available |
Vagrant Grasshopper (1 videos) | Schistocerca nitens | Not Available |