When you think of a cricket, a robust blackish or brownish insect probably comes to mind. You might be surprised to learn that crickets in the family Gryllidae come in a variety of forms, with a corresponding diversity in song. The Red-headed Bush Cricket, Phyllopalpus pulchellus , is a delicate, diminutive, and colorful creature with a trilling song. This species is active both day and night, and at first glance may be mistaken for some other kind of insect. Adults are only millimeters in body length, and they crawl over foliage well off the ground in contrast to the more lumbering, ground-dwelling field crickets that are more familiar.
Good bugs in the garden -- and six really bad ones
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Even on those hot summer days when a slamming screen door can't stir up a breeze, a circus of activity is going on in the backyard. Insects are meeting, mating and devouring each other in their very own backyard Bugville. Now before you say "Ewww, bugs," consider that those insects help keep your yard healthy without toxic insecticides. It's been a bug-eat-bug world for a long time -- long enough that they've pretty much got the drill down. Unfortunately, humans tend to get in the way, building and fencing and spraying. But there are ways to encourage the natural predatory process. Identification of good bugs vs.
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Learn how to tell bed bugs apart from other pests. Discovering a bug in your house is an unpleasant experience. Discovering an insect has been tucked into bed with you all night?
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