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January Cricket thread
Grasshoppers and crickets are part of an insect order called the Orthoptera, which also includes wetas and katydids. Most types are good at jumping, although some - such as the mole cricket - cannot jump. Juvenile orthopterans are miniature copies of the adults, except that they lack functional wings.
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A plague of armoured ground crickets could be disaster for red-billed quelea chicks. BBC News reports