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FIELD CRICKETS (ORTHOPTERA: GRYLLIDAE) AS PREY OF THE TOAD BUFO MARINUS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

William H. Cade  and
Robin Rice
William H. Cade
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2S 3A1
Robin Rice
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.96822
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During studies on different aspects of cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) biology in Hawaii, we observed many toads, Bufo marinus (L.), in areas inhabited by the field crickets Teleogryllus oceanicus (Le Guillou) and Modicogryllus conspersus Walker. The research reported here was intended to determine if B. marinus is a predator of these crickets and, if so, the relative amount of predation on each. We also tested the possibility that B. marinus locates crickets by orienting to cricket acoustical signals.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 112 , Issue 3 , 01 March 1980 , pp. 335 - 336
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1980

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