Facts About Crickets

Crickets, It turns out that this one animal has more than 100 species. But common in Indonesia there are two.

Prior to cultivation, crickets often live in clumps of grass, in the forest, and the area of ​​paddy fields. I will tell you about 10 facts of crickets in Indonesia.

Now, in its development, there are two types of crickets that are cultivated, namely natural crickets and necklaces. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to cultivation of crickets so many also make crickets as an animal complaint.

**1. Physical Form Extends -Room
The physical form of crickets is similar to the physical form of other insects.
His body is segmented and has several parts. These parts namely, head, chest, and stomach. The cricket stomach lies in the back of the body. The cricket legs are three pairs. The rear legs look smaller than the front legs. Eye organs, antennae, and canine teeth are located in the head of crickets.

** 2. Unique Morphology In Eyes
The uniqueness of the morphology of the crickets has its eyes. The number of eye crickets is so much that it is called compound eyes. Compound eyes of crickets only function at night, while during the day does not work properly.

Between the eyes and the abdomen there is a chest that places the attachment of both wings. That is why, the chest on the crickets is divided into two parts, namely the right and left chest as a right wing and left wing.

** 3. There's an Outside Wing, There's a Wing In
the right and left wings, each with its outer and inner wings. When the crickets fly, the inner wings function properly. While the outer wing is useful to protect the presence of inner wings.

** 4. The Stomach consists of Cerci Spirakel and Opovisitor
Switch to the abdominal or cricket parts of the crickets where some other external organs, such as cerci, spiracles, and ovipositors. Especially ovipositor, only female crickets have. The function of this ovipositor that is as the place of entry of eggs crickets.

To respond to external stimuli, crickets use cerci. This object is precisely located in the eleventh segment of the cricket stomach.

Crickets breathe by utilizing spiracles. This spiracel is in the second to the eighth segment. The role of spiracles for crickets is very important because it is the organ that connects with the trachea. Spiracles have the same function as the nose in humans.

Some organs in crickets have differences that are influenced by the sex of crickets. For example, the reproductive apparatus, in female crickets in the form of ovaries. The ovaries are subdivided into several parts, namely the ovaries, fallopian tubes, follicle cells, germanium cells, oocytes, and spermateka. Meanwhile, in male crickets, genitals are vas differentia, vesical seminal, and ductus ejakulatori.

** 5. Respiratory system
Crickets Not Just Trachea
Jamaican crickets Jamaica The cicada's respiratory system consists of spiracles, trachea, and tracheola. Like the nose, the spiracles are located outside the body. The shape resembles a small hole that connects directly to the trachea. Spiracles will open if carbon dioxide fills the crickets body space. At that time, carbon dioxide will come out through the spiracles. Then, there was an air exchange, the oxygen into the crickets.

Just like the breathing circulation in humans, the incoming oxygen will be distributed throughout the body through the bloodstream. The blood is the blood located in the tracheola. Tracheola is the branches of the trachea that are functional for the oxygen flow.

** 6. Cricket Digestive System Contains Saliva

Crickets have a digestive system composed of the mouth, salivary glands, and the elementary canal. Saliva is saliva, humans and other mammals also have.
Incoming food will be cut by the mouth of crickets. Then chewed and bitten using a jaw.

**7. Cricket Dust His name is Dry Pellets
Still About the Digestive System of crickets.
What about food that can not be digested? Crickets have an organ called hindgut. This organ turns the food into a dry pellet that eventually comes out through the anal canal. This dry pellet is called cricket droppings.

**8. Normally They Eat for Dinner at Night
Usually, crickets look for food at night.
But this habit changes when the crickets live in the process of cultivation. During the cage cultivation, crickets will find food throughout the day and night.

Sometimes a few crickets are found eating in sleep. Crickets remove the dirt every time they digest the food. That is why, cricket droppings are very abundant and must be cleaned every day.

Crickets communicate using both wings. They talk to each other with their language. If you want to attract the attention of female crickets, the wings of male cicadas will flick and sound like a chirping.