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Mammoth Cave Cricket

Hadenoecus subterraneus

594 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 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.

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Kentucky.January 11, February 13, March 21, April 30, May 32, June 15, July 17, August 13, September 14, October 12, November 9, December 10.
Kentucky486
United States213
Kansas16
Indiana5
Virginia4
Illinois3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyCamel Crickets, Cave Crickets, and Cave Wēta · Rhaphidophoridae
GenusEastern Cave Crickets · Hadenoecus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mammoth Cave Cricket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.