Sword-tail Cricket |
Trigonidium (?) |
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Observed at Sego Safari Lodge, upper Kerio Valley, Kenya. December 2014. |
This odd-looking cricket was found at night and is presumably nocturnal as are most cricket speciess. It is a female as evidenced by the long ovipositor from the posterior of the abdomen. The common name also arrises from this structure. Gryllidae -- Cricket FamilyMore Information: |
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