Experience sights and sounds of nature dramas that often go unnoticed! Journey with Volunteer Naturalists on a driving tour into sections of Bernheim where crepuscular and nocturnal creatures are most active. Program includes a small amount of hiking through easy terrain. While the program includes a featured creature, participants are likely to see and hear […]
The Bugs of Bernheim: Crickets (Orthoptera)
Orthoptera are named because their primary wings are straight. There are more than 27,000 different species of orthoptera that include grasshoppers, katydids, crickets and locusts. [In Greek: Ortho = straight, and Ptera = wings] Crickets are one member of the insect order Orthoptera, but they can also be used as a sort of natural thermometer. […]