Striped Ground Cricket
Allonemobius fasciatus
Insecta
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Annual
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate grassland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Hopping
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Uncommon
About
Striped Ground Cricket: This small insect is a member of the Nemobiinae subfamily, and is closely related to another species of cricket, A. socius. Striped Ground Crickets are known to hybridize with A. socius, and this is one reason they are studied in depth in evolutionary biology.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
- 2.juvenileAn immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
- 3.subadultA near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
- 4.adultFully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Trigonidiidae
- Genus
- Allonemobius
- Species
- Allonemobius fasciatus