ORTHOPTERA

Key Characters:

Filiform antennae

Hind legs modified for jumping

Front wings thickened and parallel-sided (tegmina)

Common Families:

Shorthorned Grasshoppers (suborder Zygoptera)

Acrididae -- Grasshoppers

Tetrigidae -- Pygmy grasshoppers

Longhorned Grasshoppers (suborder Anisoptera)

Tettigoniidae -- Katydids

Crickets

Gryllidae -- House, field, and tree crickets

Gryllotalpidae -- Mole crickets

Gryllacrididae -- Cave and camel crickets