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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » True Crickets (Gryllidae) » Bush Crickets (Hapithinae) » Flightless Bush Crickets (Hapithus) » Restless Bush Cricket (Hapithus agitator)

Species Hapithus agitator - Restless Bush Cricket

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Hapithinae (Bush Crickets)
Genus Hapithus (Flightless Bush Crickets)
Species agitator (Restless Bush Cricket)
Explanation of Names
Hapithus agitator Uhler 1864
Size
9-14 mm
Identification
Forewings cover 3/4 or more of abdomen, see diagram at SINA.

Det. D. J. Ferguson, 2010
Range
e. US (c.TX-FL-NY-KS) - Map (SINA)
Habitat
Bushes and grasses in moist wooded areas and roadsides.
Season
mostly: Aug-Oct (BG data)
Food
Plant matter such as citrus foliage and fruits.
Females sometimes eat the male's forewings during copulation.
See Also
Other members of this genus
Loud-singing bush crickets, genus Orocharis
Print References
Capinera, p. 203, plate 45 (1)
Helfer, p. 334--description (2)
Internet References
Singing Insects of North America - SINA
Works Cited
1.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
2.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
Jacques R. Helfer. 1962. Wm. C. Brown Company.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 11 September, 2004 - 12:27am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, metrioptera
Last updated 23 May, 2018 - 10:00pm

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