Known as Mormon crickets, these jumping critters have invaded several western states during recent weeks, turning some roads and sidewalks reddish.

Examples of flightless grasshoppers and crickets include the large Lubber Grasshoppers, Mole Crickets and Camel Crickets.

The Oct. 16 Metro article "A Bunch of Ugly Little Trespassers," about camel crickets, quoted someone who suggested that you must either kill the crickets with pesticides or "be green" and learn to ...

This interesting-looking insect is a wingless cricket native to Southeast Missouri. It is a cave cricket, but it is also known by names such as camel cricket, camel-back cricket and spider cricket ...

Crickets and grasshoppers have specialized ears called ‘ tympana’ and sound-producing organs located on their legs and wings called stridulatory organs.

From the Indian meal moths in the cupboard to the camel crickets living in the basement to the antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus waiting on the kitchen counter, every house is a wilderness brimming ...

When animals 'sing' sitting on the ground -- such as when crickets chirp -- their volume and reach increase dramatically, by as much as ten-fold. This result contradicts long-held ...