Striped Ground Cricket
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. 1.
    egg
    A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully 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