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Field crickets - Velarifictorus micado - male - female

Field crickets - Velarifictorus micado - Male Female
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 15, 2011
When placed with this female:

He began a courtship trill which was unlike any I have heard in my experience with breeding crickets (link on first photo). They copulated soon after. I would love to get these pinned down to a specific species!

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Field cricket - Velarifictorus micado - male Field cricket - Velarifictorus micado - male Field crickets - Velarifictorus micado - male - female

Japanese Burrowing Crickets
Very closely related to Gryllus, and they have become very common over much of the eastern US.

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