﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  191 
  

  

  the 
  ovipositor 
  is 
  long, 
  cylindrical, 
  like 
  a 
  stout 
  bristle, 
  and 
  this 
  makes 
  the 
  

   family 
  easily 
  distinguishable 
  from 
  the 
  "Locustidee" 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  ovi- 
  

   positor 
  is 
  always 
  blade-like. 
  The 
  field 
  crickets 
  are 
  usually 
  black 
  or 
  

   brown, 
  live 
  in 
  damp 
  places 
  in 
  fields 
  or 
  meadows 
  and 
  jump 
  readily 
  if 
  some- 
  

   what 
  erratically. 
  They 
  are 
  often 
  common 
  on 
  cranberry 
  bogs 
  and 
  are 
  

   believed 
  to 
  eat 
  into 
  berries, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  found 
  them 
  doing 
  this 
  until 
  

   after 
  the 
  berries 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  The 
  shrill 
  music 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  cricket 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  and 
  the 
  "song" 
  is 
  

   characteristic 
  for 
  each 
  species. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  usually 
  laid 
  in 
  dry, 
  sandy 
  

   soil 
  late 
  in 
  fall, 
  but 
  some 
  forms 
  live 
  as 
  adults 
  throughout 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  

   a 
  few 
  come 
  into 
  houses. 
  As 
  a 
  rule 
  they 
  are 
  omnivorous 
  and 
  occasionally 
  

   cannibalistic. 
  

  

  The 
  "tree 
  crickets" 
  are 
  white 
  or 
  greenish 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  tending 
  to 
  yellowish 
  

   or 
  light 
  brown, 
  and 
  they 
  occur 
  on 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs 
  as 
  their 
  popular 
  

   name 
  implies. 
  They 
  are 
  predatory 
  in 
  habit, 
  feed 
  largely 
  on 
  plant-lice 
  and 
  

   are 
  therefore 
  beneficial. 
  Their 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  in 
  the 
  soft 
  shoots 
  of 
  trees 
  

   and 
  shrubs 
  and 
  some 
  injury 
  is 
  occasionally 
  done 
  on 
  fruit 
  trees 
  and 
  berry 
  

   bushes, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  slight 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  benefits 
  derived 
  from 
  them. 
  

  

  GRYLLOTALPA 
  Latr. 
  

  

  G. 
  borealis 
  Burm. 
  Recorded 
  from 
  all 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  VII 
  until 
  frost. 
  

   The 
  "mole 
  cricket," 
  so 
  odd 
  in 
  its 
  appearance 
  that 
  it 
  attracts 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  attention 
  and 
  is 
  often 
  sent 
  in 
  with 
  requests 
  for 
  information. 
  

   Lives 
  in 
  burrows 
  underground, 
  in 
  dams 
  and 
  along 
  ditches, 
  and 
  has 
  

   been 
  recorded 
  as 
  injuring 
  potatoes. 
  

   Columbia 
  Scudd. 
  is 
  a 
  long-winged 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  occurs 
  

  

  with 
  it. 
  

  

  TRIDACTYLUS 
  Oliv. 
  

  

  T. 
  terminalis 
  Scudd. 
  Atlantic 
  Highlands 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Clementon 
  V, 
  30 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  

   Lucaston 
  (GG); 
  Bridgeport 
  V, 
  20 
  (Haim) 
  ; 
  Ocean 
  Co. 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  Laval- 
  

   lette 
  V 
  (Vk); 
  Anglesea 
  IX 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  T. 
  apicalis 
  Say. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VI, 
  IX, 
  on 
  damp 
  ground 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  ELLIPES 
  Scudd. 
  

  

  E. 
  minuta 
  Scudd. 
  Ocean 
  City 
  (Jn). 
  

  

  CYCLOPTILUS 
  Scudd. 
  

   C. 
  squamosus 
  Scudd. 
  Lakehurst 
  X, 
  3 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  NEMOBIUS 
  Serv. 
  

  

  N. 
  fasciatus 
  De 
  G. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VII 
  to 
  frost. 
  More 
  common 
  in 
  

   the 
  pine 
  barrens, 
  but 
  recorded 
  as 
  well 
  from 
  the 
  hilly 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   north 
  as 
  along 
  the 
  beach 
  strip 
  to 
  Cape 
  May. 
  

  

  N. 
  vittatus 
  Harr. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  preceding, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  wings 
  

   are 
  aborted. 
  It 
  is 
  as 
  widely 
  distributed 
  and 
  has 
  more 
  northern 
  

   records; 
  it 
  also 
  occurs 
  commonly 
  on 
  cranberry 
  bogs. 
  

  

  