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Columbian trig

Cyrtoxipha columbiana
Eats: A bit of everythingGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The Columbian trig is a small cricket from the United States. It belongs to a family called the winged bush crickets, which people like to call trigs. Like all crickets, it has six legs and long, thin feelers.

Lives in
The southeastern United States, north to New Jersey
Top speed
about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a small cricket that cannot hurt you.
What does it eat?
The text does not say exactly what it eats. Crickets like it usually nibble on plants and small bits of food.
For real!Photo of Columbian trig
Picture by Judy Gallagher. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Its family is called the winged bush crickets, and their short nickname is trigs.

2

It lives in most of the southeastern United States, as far north as New Jersey.

3

People have also spotted it further north, in New York and Massachusetts.

you asked

Most asked questions about Columbian trig

?Where does the Columbian trig live?

In the southeastern United States, up to New Jersey, and sometimes further north.

?Is the Columbian trig dangerous?

No. It is a small, harmless cricket.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Cyrtoxipha columbiana
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Trigonidiidae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Trigonidiidae
Lives on
North America

Where the facts come from

  1. Cyrtoxipha columbiana (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Judy Gallagher. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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