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Species Miogryllus saussurei - Eastern Striped Cricket

Eastern Striped Cricket nymph - Miogryllus saussurei - female V. micado? - Miogryllus saussurei Eastern striped cricket? - Miogryllus saussurei - male Cricket - Miogryllus saussurei - male Miogryllus saussurei - male Miogryllus saussurei - male Cricket for ID - Miogryllus saussurei - female Miogryllus - Miogryllus saussurei - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Gryllidea (Crickets)
Family Gryllidae (True Crickets)
Subfamily Gryllinae (Field Crickets)
Genus Miogryllus (Striped Crickets)
Species saussurei (Eastern Striped Cricket)
Explanation of Names
Miogryllus saussurei (Scudder 1877)
Numbers
2 species in this genus in the U.S.
Identification
Stripes on head; no horizontal white stripe between eyes; white to pale yellowish palpi; legs pale at base, and often (not always) entirely pale; small size.

Velarifictorus micado is very similar, but face has pale nearly straight horizontal stripe between eyes; palpi are more swollen toward tips; jaws are prolonged down (especially in males); body size is larger.

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M. saussurei-------------V. micado
Range
New Jersey to Florida, west to eastern Nebraska and Texas. Map
Internet References
Eastern Striped Cricket at 'Songs of Insects'
Eastern Striped Cricket at 'Singing Insects of North America' - data map, illustrations, photos, audio recordings and sonograms.