Family overview
Long thread-like antennae. Cylindrical body. Long ovipositor in females. Males chirp by rubbing forewings together.
Snowy tree cricket chirp rate corresponds to temperature — Dolbear's law. Raised as feeders for reptiles.
At a glance
Family facts.
Distribution
Worldwide
Habitat
Terrestrial · Soil
Approx. species
2,400
Notable members
Field cricket, house cricket, snowy tree cricket, mole crickets (now own family Gryllotalpidae)