Introduced Japanese burrowing cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) micado) range continues to expand in North America

• DOI: 10.3897/jor.27.29067
• Publication Date: 2018-12-05T05:46:20Z
• Authors: David E. Bowles
• Keywords: 0106 biological sciences; Insecta; Arthropoda; Velarifictorus; 15. Life on land; 01 natural sciences; Gryllidae; QL1-991; Animalia; Orthoptera; citizen sciencecricketsgeographic distributioninvasive speciessinging insects; Grylloidea; Zoology

Japanese burrowing cricket, Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) micado (Saussure, 1877), was introduced into the eastern United States in 1959 and has since increased its distributional range to include Great Plains northern States. Although generally thought of as an urban species associated with human habitation, some specimens are now being captured more remote areas, which is attributed this sometimes macropterous dispersing through flight. Public data sources such BugGuide iNaturalist were found be sound, passive tools for identifying expanding Americas. Collection observation atypical habitats suggest that potential ecological impacts may occurring.