Gryllacrididae

Gryllacrididae

Taxobox
name = Orthoptera


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Exopterygota
ordo = Orthoptera
family = Gryllacrididae

A Gryllacrididae are AustralianVerify source|date=October 2008 insect related to a grasshopper. They are known for being more aggressive than other insects. They are also referred to as "camel crickets."

Characteristics

They have large femora and long tibiae. They usually don't have wings.

ee also

* Orthoptera

Further reading

The Nature of Violence, by Dr. Jeffrey Lockwood, Orion Magazine [http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/2810/]


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