The researchers stress that homeowners shouldn't panic if they find
camel crickets in their homes.
Not exact matches
He identified the
camel cricket as their main seed disperser, the first evidence of
camel crickets being used for seed dispersal
in the flowering plants.
«We don't know what kind of impact this species has on local ecosystems though it's possible that the greenhouse
camel cricket could be driving out native
camel cricket species
in homes,» Epps says.
They started with arthropods, measuring mercury concentrations
in wolf spiders,
camel crickets and pill bugs.
Some interesting patterns
in cricket distribution have emerged, and the researchers have learned that a Japanese
camel cricket is way more common
in the US than previously thought.
Total mercury (HgT) concentrations (x ± SD, dry weight) for the captured specimens ranged from 22 to 188 ng g − 1
in the Jerusalem
crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae); 65 — 233 ng g − 1
in the
camel crickets (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae); 25 — 227 ng g − 1
in the pill bugs (Isopoda: Armadillidiidae); 19 — 563 ng g − 1
in the ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae); 140 — 441 ng g − 1
in the variegated meadowhawk dragonflies (Odonata: Libellulidae); 607 — 657 ng g − 1
in the pacific spiketail dragonflies (Odonata: Cordulegastridae); and 81 — 1,249 ng g − 1
in the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae).
There are two sessions which are common for all editions of the conference: «Behavioral research
in human and other primates» and the «Noah's Ark» which is devoted to the non-standard animal models, like
camels, goats, fish or
crickets.