Velarifictorus micado, the Japanese burrowing cricket, is a cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae (family Gryllidae). It is found in southern Asia, along with an introduced population in the United States. It was first reported in the US in 1959, likely as overwintering eggs in the soil of imported plants, and has since spread all throughout the eastern half of the country. V. micado is considered to be quite passive and non-destructive. Studies have shown that its range has spread northward and may be much more invasive than previously thought.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Japanese Burrowing Cricket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Velarifictorus ornatus
- Velarifictorus aspersus
- Loxoblemmus doenitzi
- Miogryllus verticalis
- Loxoblemmus arietulus
- Loxoblemmus appendicularis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Gryllidae
- Genus
- Velarifictorus
- Species
- Velarifictorus micado
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