Search results
Orthoptera (from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós) 'straight', and πτερά (pterá) 'wings') is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā.
- Grylloidea - Wikipedia
Grylloidea is the superfamily of insects, in the order...
- Orthoptera - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orthoptera. Orthoptera are an order of insects. [1] The...
- Grylloidea - Wikipedia
Orthoptera ("straight wings") is a widespread order of generally large- or medium-sized insects with incomplete metamorphosis (hemimetabolism), chewing/biting mouthparts, and two pairs of wings, held overlapping the abdomen at rest.
- Insecta
- Arthropoda
- Animalia
- Pterygota
Mole crickets are members of the insect family Gryllotalpidae, in the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets). Mole crickets are cylindrical-bodied, fossorial insects about 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) long as adults, with small eyes and shovel-like fore limbs highly developed for burrowing.
- Gryllotalpidae, Saussure, 1870
- Arthropoda
Facts & Fun. » Introduction. About Orthoptera. Crickets and grasshoppers. Introduction. The order Orthoptera is divided into two major divisions: Ensifera (true crickets) and Caelifera (true grasshoppers). Ensifera includes the families Gryllidae (crickets) and Tettigoniidae (bush crickets; long-horn grasshoppers referring to their long antennae).
Orthoptera ( from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós) 'straight', and πτερά (pterá) 'wings') is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and weta.
The Orthoptera are medium to large-sized insects with chewing mouthparts and usually four wings, the front pair being narrow and leathery. The hind wings are large and fold up like a fan under the front wings. Metamorphosis is gradual, the life stages being the egg, nymph, and adult. Most members of this order, including grasshoppers, katydids ...
