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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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orthopterans
Cockroaches, members of the group Orthoptera.
© Wanchai Chaipanya/Dreamstime.com
katydid
Fork-tailed bush katydid (Scudderia furcata).
E.S. Ross
mantid
As all mantids are ferocious carnivores, "preying" rather than "praying" may better...
© Index Open
walkingstick
Walkingsticks (order Phasmida, or Phasmatodea) are slow-moving insects that resemble...
Lilyan Simmons/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Orthopteran life cycle
The Orthopteran life cycle incldues four main stages before adulthood.
Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
diagram: the adult orthopteran
Internal and external body plan of an adult orthopteran.
From H. Weber, Grundriss der Insektenkunde (1966); Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart
mantid
Mantids have front legs specially designed for seizing prey.
Lia E. Munson/Root Resources
elegant grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans)
An elegant grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans).
© Eleanor H Hattingh/Shutterstock.com
Katydid.
© Alexander Lobanov/Shutterstock.com
Praying mantis
A close-up of a praying mantis during a rain shower.
© Joe Balynas
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