Zombie-insect

Guides

• Nemobius

  wood cricket, ground cricket

  Nemobius is a genus of small crickets in the family Trigonidiidae, commonly called wood crickets or ground crickets. The genus serves as the type genus for the subfamily Nemobiinae. Nemobius species are notable hosts for horsehair worms (Paragordius), which manipulate cricket behavior to facilitate their own reproduction. The genus contains approximately eight described species distributed across Europe and other regions.

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