Japanese Burrowing Cricket
Velarifictorus micado (Saussure, 1877)
Japanese Burrowing Cricket: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/6217
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Non-native

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Steady calls of Japanese Burrowing Cricket in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/2014). Also Lesser Anglewing calls. - Thomas Wilson.

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Velarifictorus micado
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Genus: Velarifictorus
Subgenus: Velarifictorus
Species:
V. micado
Binomial name
Velarifictorus micado
(Saussure, 1877)
Synonyms

Gryllus latefasciatus Chopard, 1933

Velarifictorus micado, the Japanese burrowing cricket, is a cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae (family Gryllidae).[1][2] It is found in southern Asia, along with an introduced population in the United States.[2] It was first reported in the US in 1959, likely as overwintering eggs in the soil of imported plants, and has since spread all throughout the eastern half of the country.[3][4] V. micado is considered to be quite passive and non-destructive. Studies have shown that its range has spread northward and may be much more invasive than previously thought. [5]

References

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  1. ^ bugguide.net Velarifictorus micado species information.
  2. ^ a b "Velarifictorus micado (Saussure, 1877)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ "Japanese burrowing cricket Velarifictorus micado (Saussure 1877)". The Orthopterists' Society. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ^ Alexander, Richard D.; Thomas J. Walker (1962). "Two introduced field crickets new to eastern United States (Orthoptera, Gryllidae)" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 55: 90–94 – via The Orthopterists' Society.
  5. ^ Bowles, D. E. (2018). Introduced Japanese burrowing cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) micado) range continues to expand in North America. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 27(2), 177–181. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26606716

Further reading

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  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States, Capinera, Scott, Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
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