Insects › Trigs, Sword-tailed Crickets, and Ground Crickets
Say's Trig
Anaxipha exigua
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Spring TrigAnaxipha vernalis
Slow-tinkling TrigAnaxipha tinnulenta
Striped Ground CricketAllonemobius fasciatus
Red-headed Bush CricketPhyllopalpus pulchellus
Jumping Bush CricketHapithus saltator
Pink-spotted TrigAnaxipha rosamacula
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,363 |
|---|---|
| New York | 324 |
| Canada | 270 |
| Ontario | 270 |
| Massachusetts | 251 |
| Illinois | 103 |
| Michigan | 101 |
| Connecticut | 99 |
| Ohio | 84 |
| Wisconsin | 82 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera |
| Family | Trigs, Sword-tailed Crickets, and Ground Crickets · Trigonidiidae |
| Genus | Brown Sword-tail Crickets · Anaxipha |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Say's Trig with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.