The fauna of Crimea has always been striking in its grandeur and diversity. Only here you can find many unique species of birds, animals and insects. The trumpeter ordinary, better known as the Crimean cricket, deserves special attention. This insect belongs to the order of orthoptera and is a direct subspecies of the common cricket. In the literature, one can also meet its other names: an ordinary trumpeter or an ordinary stem.
Where dwells
The trumpeter prefers to settle in the steppe zone, where there is enough sunlight and food. You can also meet representatives of the Crimean cricket in other territories of Russia, Ukraine, Japan and China. Especially large populations are found in the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, the south of Western Siberia and Kazakhstan.
External differences
Crickets in Crimea have small body sizes that do not exceed 15 mm. The body color is predominantly greenish, more often sandy green.
On a note!
A characteristic difference is the presence of a black thin strip running along the entire abdomen.
In the photo of the Crimean cricket, the difference between the male and the female is clearly visible. The female has a formed ovipositor, whose length is about 8 mm. After fertilization, the female cuts through them the stems of plants and lays eggs in them.
From the photo of the Crimean cricket, you can also see its other differences from the usual field representative. The trumpeter’s body is narrow, stretched forward. On the head there are very thin, but long antennae, which serve as the organ of touch for the insect.
Lifestyle
The Crimean cricket leads mainly a nocturnal lifestyle. With all the heat loving, representatives of this species prefer to wait out the intense heat of the peninsula under the leaves or in the shade of shrubs.
Interesting!
At night brilliant musicians lead a more active lifestyle. They are filled with their characteristic chirring, which should attract the female.
Life expectancy is short-lived and is usually limited to the summer season. Larvae that grow from laid eggs successfully winter and, by the beginning of the new summer season, turn into mature individuals. When the temperature drops below 21 degrees, adults hibernate and stop singing.
Nutrition
Like all representatives cricket families trumpeters eat plant food, looking for plant seeds, stems and leaves. They are also able to eat the oviposites left by the females. Less commonly, crickets in Crimea attack smaller and weaker insects.
The particular addiction to grape and tobacco leaves that trumpeters have can lead to negative consequences for farmers. With the development of large populations, Crimean crickets are capable of causing significant harm to the craft.
