• The American grasshopper, Schistocerca americana americana (Drury)

  From Entomology Circulars.

  The American grasshopper, sometimes known as a “bird grasshopper,” ranges throughout the eastern United States to the Great Plains, and south to Mexico. It is closely related to the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal)) of Africa and the Middle East, but does not have a true swarming phase like the African species. …read more

• Mole Crickets In Florida And Neighboring States

  From Entomology Circulars.

  Mole crickets are large, near-cylindrical crickets with mole-like digging forelimbs (fig. 1, 2). The adults have wings, and many are powerful, though clumsy, fliers. Mole crickets are most often seen when they end their flights at lights (or in swimming pools, where they swim rapidly on the surface, buoyed up by their short, dense, unwettable pile). …read more