Crickets


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
GRYLLOTALPIDAEMOLE CRICKETS
     Neocurtilla hexadactyla    Northern Mole Cricket
     Scapteriscus borellii    Southern Mole Cricket
     Scapteriscus vicinus     Tawny Mole Cricket
ENEOPTERINAEBUSH CRICKETS
     Hapithus agitator     Restless Bush Cricket
     Hapithus brevipennis     Short-winged Bush Cricket (mute)
     Orocharis luteolira     False Jumping Bush Cricket
MOGOPLISTINAESCALY CRICKETS
     Cycloptilum bidens    Two-toothed Scaly Cricket
     Cycloptilum tardum     Slow Scaly Cricket
     Cycloptilum trigonipalpum     Forest Scaly Cricket
     Cycloptilum velox     Swift Scaly Cricket
MYRMECOPHILINAEANT CRICKETS
     Myrmecophilus pergandei    Eastern Ant Cricket (mute)
NEMOBIINAEGROUND 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
OECANTHINAETREE 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
TRIGONIDIINAESWORD-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