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πŸ¦— Grasshoppers & Crickets

Raspy Cricket

Paragryllacris combusta

About

A large nocturnal cricket that builds silk-lined leaf nests. It has powerful jaws and long cerci. During the day it hides in rolled leaves bound with silk it produces from its mouth.

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Did You Know?

Unlike spiders, it produces silk from glands in its mouth rather than from spinnerets, using it to build leaf shelters.