See also:

• CRICKET
• CRICKET (Gryllidae)

CRICKET (Gryllidae)  , a See also:

• FAMILY

family of saltatory Orthopterous See also:

• INSECTS

Insects, closely related to the Locustidae . The wings when folded See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long slender filaments, which often reach beyond the extremity of the See also:

• BODY

body, and give the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of a bifid tail, while in the male they are provided with a stridulating apparatus by which the well-known chirping See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound, to which the See also:

• INSECT

insect owes its name, is produced . The See also:

• ABDOMEN (a Latin word, either from abdere, to hide, or from a form adipomen, from adeps, fat)

abdomen of the See also:

• FEMALE

female ends in a long slender ovipositor, which, however, is not exserted in the See also:

• MOLE
• MOLE, LOUIS MATHIEU, COMTE (1781—1855)
• MOLE, MATHIEU (1584—1656)

mole See also:

• CRICKET
• CRICKET (Gryllidae)

cricket . The See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house cricket (Gryllus domesticus) is of a greyish-yellow See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour marked with See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown . It frequents houses, especially in rural districts, where its lively, if somewhat monotonous, chirp may be heard nightly in the neighbourhood of the fireplace . It is particularly fond of warmth, and is thus frequently found in bakeries, where its burrows are often sunk to within a few inches of the See also:

• OVEN (O. Eng. of n,Ger. Ofen, cf. Gr. Irvin, oven)

oven . In the hot summer it goes out of doors, and frequents the walls of gardens, but returns again to its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place by the See also:

• HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")

hearth on the first approach of See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold, where, should the See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat of the See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire be withdrawn, it becomes dormant . It is nocturnal, coming forth at the evening See also:

• TWILIGHT

twilight in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food, which consists of See also:

• BREAD

bread crumbs and other refuse of the See also:

• KITCHEN (O.E. cycene; this and other cognate forms, such as Dutch keuken, Ger. Kiuche, Dan. kokken, Fr. cuisine, are formed from the Low Lat. cucina, Lat. coquina, coquere, to cook)

kitchen . The See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field cricket (Gryllus campestris) is a larger insect than the former, and of a darker colour . It burrows in the ground to a See also:

• DEPTH

depth of from 6 to 12 in., and in the evening the male may be observed sitting at the mouth of its hole noisily stridulating until a female approaches, " when," says See also:

• BATES, HARRY (1850-1899)
• BATES, HENRY WALTER (1825-1892)
• BATES, JOHN
• BATES, JOSHUA (1788-1864)
• BATES, WILLIAM (1625-1699)

Bates, " the louder notes are succeeded by a more subdued See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone, whilst the successful musician caresses with his antennae the See also:

• MATE (a corruption of make, from O. Eng. gemaca, a " comrade ")
• MATE, or PARAGUAY TEA

mate he has won." The musical apparatus in this See also:

• SPECIES

species consists of upwards of 130 transverse ridges on the under See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of one of the nervures of the wing See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover, which are rapidly scraped over a smooth, projecting nervure on the opposite wing . The female deposits her eggs—about 200 in number—on the ground, and when hatched the larvae, which resemble the perfect insect except in the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of wings, form burrows for themselves in which they pass the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter . The mole cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris) owes its name to the striking See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy in its habits and structure to those of the See also:

• COMMON

common mole .

Its body is thick and cylindrical in shape, and it burrows by means of its front legs, which are See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short and greatly flattened out and thickened, with the See also:

• OUTER

outer edge partly notched so as somewhat to resemble a See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . It prefers loose and sandy ground in which to dig, its burrow consisting of a See also:

• VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft from which long See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal galleries are given off; and in making those excavations it does immense injury to gardens and vineyards by destroying the See also:

• TENDER

tender roots of See also:

• PLANTS

plants, which form its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal food . It also feeds upon other insects, and even upon the weak of its own species in the absence of other food . It is exceedingly fierce and voracious, and is usually caught by inserting a See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem of grass into its hole, which being seized, is retained till the insect is brought to the See also:

• SURFACE

surface . The female deposits her eggs in a neatly constructed subterranean chamber, about the See also:

• SIZE

size of a See also:

• HEN

hen's See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg, and sufficiently near the surface to allow of the eggs being hatched by the heat of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun .