For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Corn Crickets - Bradyporidae

This little baby of a Corn Cricket as been spending the winter wrapped up in the curtian behind my computer.
 Every now and then it will crawl out onto the computer stand and sit there and look at me. Do you think it is hungery??
 Armoured ground crickets belong to the Bradyporidae family and although primarily herbivours, they will scavenge and become cannibalistic.
 They are eaten only by a few large birds and mammals like the Bat-eared Fox and Jackal.

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