Gryllus vernalis

Northern wood cricket
	Two northern wood crickets trapped on glue-based rat traps
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllidae
Genus:	Gryllus
Species:	G. vernalis
Binomial name
	Gryllus vernalis; Blatchley, 1920
Synonyms
	Acheta vernalis; Gryllus assimilis vernalis Blatchley, 1920; Gryllus americanus Blatchley, 1903 (not Drury, 1773);

Gryllus vernalis, the northern wood cricket, is a species of cricket native to deciduous woods of the midwestern United States, where its primary habitat is leaf litter. It can be identified by its totally black exoskeleton (with the occasional red patch on the femora) and its wide pronotum.^[1]

References edit

^ Alexander, R.D. (1957). "The taxonomy of the field crickets of the Eastern United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Acheta)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 50: 584–602. doi:10.1093/aesa/50.6.584.

[1] Alexander, R.D. (1957). "The taxonomy of the field crickets of the Eastern United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Acheta)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 50: 584–602. doi:10.1093/aesa/50.6.584.

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