Is cricket a beneficial insect or a pest?

Crickets, known scientifically as crickets, are invertebrates of the family Orthoptera, which do not know how to call, but the sound produced by the rubbing of their wings is widely distributed in almost all parts of the country. Male crickets are aggressive, so people like to raise them for viewing and cricket fighting. So, is cricket a beneficial insect or a pest? Now let's get to know it together.

Is cricket a beneficial insect or a pest?

Crickets are pests. Crickets are important agricultural pests in Northeast China, North China, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and South China. They destroy the roots, stems, leaves, fruits and seeds of various crops, especially to seedlings. In the south, 1130% of peanut seedlings are damaged by crickets, which also harm corn, jute, tobacco, cotton, soybeans and cassava, often causing lack of seedlings and affecting the harvest.

What food do crickets eat?

Crickets living in the wild generally feed on buds, leaves and roots, while crickets raised by people will choose some food in proportion to make a rich nutritious meal in addition to a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits. Regular and quantitative feeding every day promotes crickets to grow healthier and braver.

The living habits of crickets

1. Crickets like to live in caves and often live on the surface, under bricks and stones, in soil caves and among bushes. Rest during the day and go out at night. It belongs to omnivorous animals, all kinds of crops, saplings, vegetables and fruits can become its food. In agriculture, people regard crickets as pests.

2. Crickets are withdrawn by nature and generally live independently. They are never allowed to live with other crickets. Only during reproduction and mating does a male cricket live with another female cricket. Otherwise, they are incompatible with each other. If you meet each other, you will not hesitate to bite and fight. Therefore, there are folk activities of cricket fighting.

3. The reproduction and mating among crickets is not accomplished by falling in love with each other. It is the unusually fierce struggle between male crickets that allows the winner to have a mate. In the world of crickets, it is also a system of "polygamy". However, due to the breeding method of survival of the fittest, most of the offspring of crickets are very healthy.

4. The singing of crickets is no stranger to human beings. But loud calls can only be made by male crickets, and female crickets do not have the ability to make sounds. Male crickets vibrate their wings to make sounds of different lengths to represent what they are trying to say.

5. At the end of September every year, female crickets insert the spawning tube into the ground and lay their eggs underground, about 0.5cm deep from the ground. In May and June of the following year, the eggs began to hatch. After hatching, the 1st instar larvae molted into 2nd instar larvae after a few days. Crickets grow up every time they shed their skin. Usually in late August, the last molting, feathering into adults. 23 days after Eclosion, you can start singing.