Field Crickets

various, mostly small, species of non-gregarious grasshoppers.

Field crickets are found in greatest diversity in wilderness areas. Many field crickets are harmful to crops. These pest species include Gomphocerus sibiricus, Chorthippus albomarghinatus, and Pararcyptera microptera in the forest-steppe and steppe zones and Dociostaurus kraussi and Ramburiella turcomana in Middle Asia.