Orthoptera

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Here are the facts about Orthoptera.

Where they live.

Field crickets, the familiar black or brownish crickets are often

abundant in meadows and fields. Also in dwellings or in small clusters in

the ground. Tree Crickets are more often heard then seen. Usually

colored green these slender crickets live in shrubs and trees. Mole Crickets

can burrow rapidly through moist soil. They also can live in caves, hollow

logs, beneath stones, and other dark moist places. Grasshoppers are also

part of this group. They often become very abundant, and migrate in

tremendous swarms. Destroying nearly all plants in their path. They like

to live in wet grassy areas. Locust also contribute to Orthoptera. Locust

plagues have been recorded since the beginning of history and are still one

of the worlds major insect problems. Cockroaches are in this group too.

Their are an estimated 3,000 cockroach species in the world.

About 55 live

in the U.S., and only 4 species ar common household pets. German

cockroaches or Croton bugs, are common in the U.S. especially in the

northern states. They commonly enter the house in bags or boxes from

grocery stores. They tend to cluster in warm moist places around hot

water pipes. They stay hidden when they are not eating.

Eat

Crickets will eat holes in paper or in garments especially those soiled

with persperation. They also eat young roots and seedlings, peanuts,

garden crops, grain, clothing, and sometimes other insects and even each

other. Grasshoppers are a different story. They eat crops and destroy

millions of dollars a year in them. Cockroaches are just a pest and they eat

almost any thing. Cockroaches feed on a great variety of foods, meats,

cheeses, sweets, and starches(like the starch in clothing or in the glue like

that in book...