Gryllidae Platygryllus are mainly surface dwellers.
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They emerge to forage and mate at night. Their hearing organs are situated on their forelegs.
Would you look at those spurs? No wonder they can make such a noise with them!!
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The male has a long ovipositor which he uses to transfer a sperm package to the female.
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