crickets

     

See Taxonomy section

Trivia about crickets

  • These insects "chirp" by rubbing their 2 front wings together
  • The field & house types of this chirping insect are raised & sold as fish bait
  • An association in Beijing sponsors fighting tournaments for the field type of these chirping insects
  • The finest singers among species of this insect are the tree type, not the house or field type
  • The field & house types of this insect are sold as laboratory subjects, frog food & bait
  • To feed your gecko, PETCO offers a "Case O'" these noisy insects
  • The Entomology Club at Iowa State Univ. put these chirping insects into Chocolate Chirpie Chip Cookies