• Spiders are not insects.
• Insects are cold blooded.
• All insects have two antennae.
• Crickets have ‘ears’ on their legs.
• Insects don’t have bones or a backbone like us.
• Insects have two antennae. They also have six legs.
• All insects hatch from eggs. The babies are called larva.
• Dragonflies are known to travel at the speed of 35 mph.
• Cicadas can make sounds around 120 decibels.
• Some species of cicadas can be heard for a quarter of a mile.

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• Crickets mate in the fall
• Crickets don’t bite or sting
• Crickets are attracted to bright lights
• Some people eat crickets for the nutrition
• Crickets are kin to grasshoppers
• Male crickets scrape their wings, wooing the females with their love songs
• Scientists believe crickets increase in numbers when a drought is followed by heavy rains
• Friday night lights, that’s right, football games are often occupied with crickets during September

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