The insect in question is the widespread, native black field cricket (Teleogryllus commodus). Some media reports have described the swarms as a "plague". This is not quite accurate, because ...

I love this time of year. Midsummer is a great time for a wide variety of reasons. The pressures of springtime mating are over for the birds and mammals. It is a time of abundance and relaxation ...

Most North Texans have likely seen black field crickets hanging outside their home or car. The insects like to bundle ...

https://doi.org/10.2307/3495008 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/3495008 Development of sound-baited traps for insects has lagged behind that of light- and chemical ...