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Definition of Jerusalem cricket
1. Noun. Large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States.
Generic synonyms: Long-horned Grasshopper, Tettigoniid
Group relationships: Genus Stenopelmatus, Stenopelmatus
Definition of Jerusalem cricket
1. Noun. A large, flightless insect of the genus ''Stenopelmatus'', native to the western United States and parts of Mexico — not a true cricket. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerusalem Cricket
Literary usage of Jerusalem cricket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Mr. Grinnell says that the California shrike is such a persistent destroyer of
the Jerusalem cricket and other injurious insects that it. ..."
2. The Land of Sunshine by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1899)
"He dotes upon the Jerusalem cricket, that wicked little fellow that digs holes
in the sides of our potatoes, and is as fond of mice as he is of small snakes ..."
3. Fore and Aft by Webfoot, William Dane Phelps (1871)
"It seemed as if our hopes were again to be dashed, and we had got to return.
to Cochrane, cockroaches, and Jerusalem cricket?. . Mr. Sampson told us to keep ..."
4. Studies in Animal Behavior by Samuel Jackson Holmes (1916)
"Several negatively phototactic beetles placed in the apparatus showed a general
tendency to turn toward the blackened eye. A Jerusalem cricket ..."
5. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"This Shrike is very fond of that pest, the Jerusalem cricket, which eats potatoes
in the ground and is a most uncanny-looking creature. ..."
6. Western Field by Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.), California Game and Fish Protective Association (1907)
"Reel» ground before him hoping, no doubt, that a tempting Jerusalem cricket (commonly
called "potato-bug") would come forth for an afternoon stroll. ..."
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