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Grasshoppers vs. crickets: What's the difference?
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Grasshoppers vs. crickets: What's the difference?
One makes music. One gives advice in Pinocchio. Which is which?
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field cricket
Field cricket (Gryllus) perched on a leaf. Field crickets are also called...
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snowy tree cricket
Snowy tree cricket (Oecanthus fultoni).
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great green bush cricket
Great green bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima).
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