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... abdomen . Short - horned grasshoppers and locusts are usually diurnal ( active during the day ) . You might be wondering what is making all that noise at night because grasshoppers and locusts are diurnal . There are several ...
... abdomen . Short - horned grasshoppers and locusts are usually diurnal ( active during the day ) . You might be wondering what is making all that noise at night because grasshoppers and locusts are diurnal . There are several ...
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... a long tube at the end of a female orthopteran's abdomen that is used for digging a hole and laying eggs stridulation making sounds by rubbing specialized body parts together Meet eet the Author Ann O. Squire has a Ph.D. 46 Important Words.
... a long tube at the end of a female orthopteran's abdomen that is used for digging a hole and laying eggs stridulation making sounds by rubbing specialized body parts together Meet eet the Author Ann O. Squire has a Ph.D. 46 Important Words.
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Ann Squire. Index ( Boldface page numbers indicate illustrations . ) abdomen , 14 , 30 adults , 35 , 38 antennae , 13 , 13 , 15 , 26 brown cricket , 41 burrow , 19-20 camouflage , 17 , 40-43 chewing , 9 , 11 chirping , 15 , 17 , 21 , 23 ...
Ann Squire. Index ( Boldface page numbers indicate illustrations . ) abdomen , 14 , 30 adults , 35 , 38 antennae , 13 , 13 , 15 , 26 brown cricket , 41 burrow , 19-20 camouflage , 17 , 40-43 chewing , 9 , 11 chirping , 15 , 17 , 21 , 23 ...
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abdomen adult African animal antennae blend BOOK bottom bright green brown buds called camouflage color cricket and grass crickets and grasshoppers Crickets and katydids Crickets right crickets spend Danbury danger desert digging diurnal active enemies exoskeleton the hard female grasshopper fried grasshoppers full-grown Grasshopper nymphs Grasshoppers and Crickets grasshoppers and locusts green leaf hard outer hear hidden hiding hind legs hole hopper Hopping huge hungry includes insect's body insects jump katydid looks Katydids rub lay eggs leap leaves logs male and female male cricket Male grasshoppers mating chirp Mexico million mole mole cricket molt mouthparts night noise nymph looks order Orthoptera orthopterans ovipositor Photo Photographs plant pound rivalry rub their wings Short-horned grasshoppers singing skin Sometimes song sounds by rubbing species spend their days spot Squire stridulation summer Swarms tasty temperature tighter tiny tree tube underground usually dull