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A black field cricket (Gryllus) with long antennae stands on a green leaf, showing its shiny body and detailed legs against a blurred leafy background.
Side-by-side comparison of a brown cricket on the left and a camouflaged grasshopper on the right, separated by a large white question mark.
Illustration of a snowy tree cricket, Oecanthus fultoni, showing a slender green insect with long antennae and delicate wings, viewed from above. great green bush cricket
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cricket: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: University of Minnesota Extension - Cricket. Oct 10, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Biotechnological Potential of Crickets as a Sustainable Protein Source for Fishmeal Replacement in Aquafeed. Jun 23, 2026
Add new Web site: Communications Biology - Insights into the genomic evolution of insects from cricket genomes. Jan 25, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Consumer acceptability of alternative foods: a study of processed cricket-based foods in Vietnam. Oct 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Life cycle assessment of cricket farming in north-eastern Thailand. Sep 05, 2024
Media added. Jul 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Healthline - Can You Eat Crickets? All You Need to Know. Jun 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Amateur Entomologists' Society - Grasshoppers and Crickets (Order: Orthoptera). May 02, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Biotechnological Potential of Crickets as a Sustainable Protein Source for Fishmeal Replacement in Aquafeed. Jun 07, 2023
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Cricket. May 22, 2022
Add new Web site: BioKIDS - Gryllidae. Mar 19, 2019
Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - All About Crickets for Kids. Jan 27, 2017
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Cricket Insect. May 16, 2013
Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Cricket. May 16, 2013
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Extension - Cricket. Jan 11, 2013
Add new Web site: University of Arizona - Cricket. Jan 11, 2013
Media added. Dec 26, 2012
Added image of snowy tree cricket. Apr 01, 2010
Added new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - James Franco. May 20, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Cricket. Mar 04, 2008
Article revised and updated. Apr 13, 2007
Added new Web site: Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet - Crickets. Jun 09, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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