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Assassin bugs, sometimes known as kissing bugs, are one of the largest and morphologically diverse families of true bugs feeding on crickets, caterpillars and other insects. Some assassin bug species are bloodsucking parasites of mammals, even feed on humans.
Main article: Human parasite Endoparasites Protozoan organisms Common name of organism or disease Latin name (sorted) Body parts affected Diagnostic specimen Prevalence Source/Transmission (Reservoir/Vector) Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and Acanthamoeba keratitis (eye infection) Acanthamoeba spp. eye, brain, skin culture worldwide contact lenses cleaned with contaminated tap water ...
Orthoptera (from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós) 'straight' and πτερά (pterá) 'wings') is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā.
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization has implemented a project in Laos to improve cricket farming and, consequently, food security. [55] The food conversion efficiency of house crickets ( Acheta domesticus ) is 1.7, some five times higher than that for beef cattle , and if their fecundity is taken into account, 15 to 20 times ...
Gordius robustus, a species of horsehair worm, is a parasite of the Mormon cricket, [11] as is Ooencyrtus anabrivorus. [12] The most common chemical control method used is carbaryl (typically sold as "Sevin Dust") bait. This bait kills both the Mormon crickets that eat the bait and the crickets that eat crickets that have eaten the bait.
Human flea: Flea: Tungiasis: Fly : Cochliomyia hominivorax (screw-worm) Fly : Cordylobia anthropophaga (blow-fly) Fly : Dermatobia hominis (botfly) Hemiptera: Bed bug: Louse: Pediculosis capitis Louse: Pediculosis corporis Louse: Pediculosis pubis
Cricket paralysis virus (CrPV) is a paralytic disease affecting crickets. It was initially discovered in Australian field crickets ( Teleogryllus commodus and Teleogryllus oceanicus ) by Carl Reinganum and his colleagues at the Victorian Plant Research Institute ( Burnley , Melbourne , Australia ).
Gryllinae, or field crickets, are a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera and the family Gryllidae. They hatch in spring, and the young crickets (called nymphs) eat and grow rapidly. They shed their skin eight or more times before they become adults. Field crickets eat a broad range of food: seeds, plants, or insects (dead or alive).