Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
SINA images
Entrance to a retreat gnawed into the cork of a water vial by a caged Tafalisca lineatipes juvenile. During the day the cricket remained concealed within its domicile with its long antennae folded upon themselves and out of sight.
Thomas J. Walker/Singing Insects of North America
SINA images
Photograph of mating pair (female, on right, is eating a spermatophore that she received and removed while mounted on the male). For more on cricket mating see Alexander RD, Otte D. 1967. The evolution of genitalia and mating behavior in crickets (Gryllidae) and other Orthoptera. Misc Publ Mus Zool, Univ Michigan, No. 133. 62 pp.
