Read about related Orthoptera by using the "Forward" and "Backward" device icons. Some Orthoptera are among the most destructive of insects, while others are most revered for their songs. This Order of insects include grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, and katydids.

Katydid Genus species Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Long held as a symbol of thriving prosperity and even believed to be an aphrodisiac, katydids lay numerous eggs. Crickets and katydids have been kept as musical pets for centuries and were viewed as lucky and possessing auspicious virtue. Katydids have long thin antennae and visible hearing devises on the knees of their forelegs. China has a long cultural association with singing insects that frequently find their way into poems and literature from around the world. View the Index of Orders View Complete Photo List Ants, Bees & Wasps Butterflies & Moths Flies Beetles Lacewings & Antlions Leafhoppers & Cicadas True Bugs Cockroaches Praying Mantids Grasshoppers, Crickets Walking Sticks Dragonflies & Damselflies Mayflies Non-Insects