The other day, when turning over a hanging fern on the ground, a little cricket hopped into view. I'm used to encountering the wingless nymphs of the
Southeastern Field Cricket (
Gryllus rubens), so this was a new specimen for me. As it turns out, this cricket was a short-winged female Say's Trig or Bush Cricket, scientifically known as
Anaxipha exigua. It's a member of the genus of Brown Trigs, which in turn are part of the subfamily
Trigonidiinae (Winged Bush Crickets, called Trigs for short).
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| The ovipositor between the cerci signifies that this is a female. |
References:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/16188
http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/616a.htm
http://eol.org/pages/598969/overview
http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=13794
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