Crickets are best known for their songs, which are generally nocturnal and musical. The songs of their close relatives, the katydids, are raspy or buzzy, as are the songs of cicadas, which are the principal daytime insect singers in NATL.
Some of the species listed below are not verified as being in NATL but are presumed to be there based on fieldwork in similar habitats in west Gainesville.
The species on this page have been linked to the corresponding species pages of Singing Insects of North America. The songs are from the same source.
Grylloidea | Crickets |
GRYLLINAE | FIELD CRICKETS |
Gryllus firmus | Sand Field Cricket |
Gryllus fultoni | Southern Wood Cricket |
Gryllus ovisopis | Taciturn Wood Cricket (no calling song) |
Gryllus rubens | Southeastern Field Cricket |
Miogryllus saussurei | Eastern Striped Cricket |
GRYLLOTALPIDAE | MOLE CRICKETS |
Neocurtilla hexadactyla | Northern Mole Cricket |
Scapteriscus borellii | Southern Mole Cricket |
Scapteriscus vicinus | Tawny Mole Cricket |
ENEOPTERINAE | BUSH CRICKETS |
Hapithus agitator | Restless Bush Cricket |
Hapithus brevipennis | Short-winged Bush Cricket (mute) |
Orocharis luteolira | False Jumping Bush Cricket |
MOGOPLISTINAE | SCALY CRICKETS |
Cycloptilum bidens | Two-toothed Scaly Cricket |
Cycloptilum tardum | Slow Scaly Cricket |
Cycloptilum trigonipalpum | Forest Scaly Cricket |
Cycloptilum velox | Swift Scaly Cricket |
MYRMECOPHILINAE | ANT CRICKETS |
Myrmecophilus pergandei | Eastern Ant Cricket (mute) |
NEMOBIINAE | GROUND CRICKETS |
Allonemobius socius | Southern Ground Cricket |
Eunemobius carolinus | Carolina Ground Cricket |
Eunemobius melodius | Melodious Ground Cricket |
Neonemobius nr mormonius | Collared Ground Cricket |
Neonemobius cubensis | Cuban Ground Cricket |
Pictonemobius ambitiosus | Ambitious Ground Cricket |
OECANTHINAE | TREE CRICKETS |
Neoxabea bipunctata | Two-spotted Tree Cricket |
Oecanthus celerinictus | Fast-calling Tree Cricket |
Oecanthus exclamationis | Davis's Tree Cricket |
Oecanthus niveus | Narrow-winged Tree Cricket |
Oecanthus quadripunctatus | Four-spotted Tree Cricket |
TRIGONIDIINAE | SWORD-TAIL CRICKETS or TRIGS |
Anaxipha delicatula | Chirping Trig |
Anaxipha n. sp. A | Nameless Trig |
Anaxipha n. sp. C | Pink-spotted Trig |
Cyrtoxipha columbiana | Columbian Trig |
Cyrtoxipha gundlachi | Gundlach's Trig |
Phyllopalpus pulchellus | Handsome Trig |