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Anabrus
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Anabrus

The Mormon cricket (Anabrus simplex) is a large insect that can grow to almost 8 cm (3 inches) in length. It lives throughout western North America in rangelands dominated by sagebrush and forbs.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Mormon Cricket

speciesAnabrus simplex

Long-legged Anabrus

speciesAnabrus longipes

Spokan Anabrus

speciesAnabrus spokan

Big-tooth Anabrus

speciesAnabrus cerciata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 143906.