Velarifictorus micado

{{Short description|Species of cricket}}

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| image = Japanese Burrowing Cricket, U, Side, Upper Marlboro 2013-08-02-15.06.24 ZS PMaxj.jpg

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| genus = Velarifictorus

| parent = Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus)

| species = micado

| authority = (Saussure, 1877)

| synonyms = Gryllus latefasciatus Chopard, 1933

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Velarifictorus micado, the Japanese burrowing cricket, is a cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae (family Gryllidae).[https://bugguide.net/node/view/364808 bugguide.net] Velarifictorus micado species information.{{ITIS |id=658900 |title=Velarifictorus micado (Saussure, 1877) }} It is found in southern Asia, along with an introduced population in the United States. It was first reported in the US in 1959, likely as overwintering eggs in the soil of imported plants, and has since spread all throughout the eastern half of the country.{{Cite web|title=Japanese burrowing cricket Velarifictorus micado (Saussure 1877)|url=https://orthsoc.org/sina/551a.htm|access-date=10 October 2021|publisher=The Orthopterists' Society}}{{Cite journal |last1=Alexander |first1=Richard D. |author2=Thomas J. Walker |date=1962|title=Two introduced field crickets new to eastern United States (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) |url=https://orthsoc.org/sina/s464la62.pdf|journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America |volume=55 |pages=90–94 |publisher=The Orthopterists' Society}} V. micado is considered to be quite passive and non-destructive. Studies have shown that its range has spread northward and may be much more invasive than previously thought.{{Cite journal |last=Bowles |first=David E. |date=2018 |title=Introduced Japanese burrowing cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) micado) range continues to expand in North America |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26606716 |journal=Journal of Orthoptera Research |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=177–181 |issn=1082-6467}}

Velarifictorus micado front.jpg|V. micado front

File:Velarifictorus micado-paralyzed dorsal.jpg|paralyzed by a wasp – dorsal [https://wildlifeprairiepark.org/ Wildlife Prairie Park]

File:Velarifictorus micado paralyzed ventral.jpg|paralyzed by a wasp – ventral [https://wildlifeprairiepark.org/ Wildlife Prairie Park]

Velarifictorus micado singing in Hyogo.webm|V. micado song