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Common trig

Trigonidium cicindeloides
Eats: A bit of everythingGrasshoppers and cricketsGardens and meadows6 legs

The common trig is a tiny cricket. It belongs to a group called sword-tail crickets. It sings in a very unusual way, not with its wings like most crickets, but with little feelers next to its mouth.

Lives in
Africa, southern Europe, Asia and Arabia
Top speed
about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a tiny cricket that cannot hurt you.
What does it eat?
Little crickets like it nibble on bits of plants and other small things they find.
For real!Photo of Common trig
Picture by Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

To make its sound, the male shakes the tips of the little feelers beside its mouth.

2

The male makes its sound in the mating season to call a female or to chase other males away.

3

It lives in many warm countries, from Africa and southern Europe all the way to Asia.

you asked

Most asked questions about Common trig

?Is the common trig dangerous?

No. It is a tiny cricket and completely harmless.

?How does the common trig make sound?

The male shakes the ends of the small feelers next to its mouth.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Trigonidium cicindeloides
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
Family
Trigonidiidae
Classification
Insecta > Orthoptera > Trigonidiidae
Lives on
Africa, Europe, Asia

Where the facts come from

  1. Trigonidium cicindeloides (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 Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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