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Definition of Mormon cricket
1. Noun. Large dark wingless cricket-like katydid of arid parts of western United States.
Definition of Mormon cricket
1. Noun. A large dark wingless katydid, ''Anabrus simplex'', that resembles a cricket and is found in the arid parts of the western U.S. where it is occasionally an abundant pest of crops. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mormon Cricket
Literary usage of Mormon cricket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and Biological Control of Plant Pests by Jane P. Gates (1994)
"Mormon cricket herbivory and sagebrush removal were independent with respect to
their effects on understory vegetation. Furthermore, the incomplete removal ..."
2. Economic Entomology for the Farmer and the Fruit Grower, and for Use as a by John Bernhard Smith (1906)
"... become more abundant, and, at the base of the Rocky Mountains, extending up
into the foot-hills, they find their true home. Here the " Mormon cricket," ..."
3. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"Nature and extent of Mormon cricket damage to crop and range plants. USDA Technical
Bulletin 866. Swetnam, TW 1990. Fire history and climate in the ..."
4. A Text-book of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1898)
"... that in caterpillars generally a part of the coloration is caused by pigmentation
of the cuticula. In a dull-colored insect, such as the Mormon cricket ..."
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