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Family GRYLLIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about the Spider Crickets that we found in the Brisbane area,
Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 20mm
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- This cricket was found hiding under rotten wood during a winter
day. Its body was grey in colour with dark brown patterns. The cricket is
active at night. It has long legs and could be mistaken as a spider.
Males are short-winged and females are wingless.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p386.
- 2. Grasshopper
Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz,
UNSW Press, 1996, p135.
- 3. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
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