[ **up: [[Arthropods]] | [[Insects]] | [[Orthoptera (Order)]] | [[Gryllidea (Infraorder)]]** ] --- # Crickets --- ## Taxonomy - **[[Life (Biology)]]** - **[[Eukaryotes|Eukaryota (Domain)]]** - **[[Animals|Animalia (Kingdom)]]** - [[Arthropods|Arthropoda (Phylum)]] - [[Insects|Insecta (Class)]] - [[Orthoptera (Order)]] - [[Grylloidea (Superfamily)]] - [[Crickets]] <small>CRICKETS</small> --- ## Cricket–Human interactions ### History #### Asia [[2024-0415. 'In ancient times, farmers only began preparing for spring harvest after hearing a cricket's song.'|'Chinese & Japanese cultures have considered crickets good luck, symbols of prosperity, & even watchdogs, as they stop singing when someone approaches. In ancient times, farmers only began preparing for spring harvest after hearing a cricket’s song.']][^1] --- ##### China ![[Illustration from Er-Ya (ca. 500-200 BCE), copied from Meng 1993, saved from Jin 1992. Copyright but probably public domain..gif]] Illustration from Er-Ya (c. 500–200 BCE).[^2] --- ###### Crickets as pets --- ###### Crickets in literature **Poetry** - [[Wang Wei, ‘Written on a Rainy Autumn Night After Pei Di’s Visit’]] [^1]: @SaCha1689 \[pseud.], ‘ Chinese & Japanese cultures have considered crickets good luck, symbols of prosperity, & even watchdogs, as they stop singing when someone approaches…’, *Twitter*, 20 March 2022, \[time and URL were not recorded when originally taking down this note, sorry]. [^2]: Jin Xing-Bao, ‘[[Jin. ‘Chinese Cricket Culture’, 1994.|Chinese Cricket Culture]]’, *Cutural Entomology Digest*, vol. 3 (November 1994), n.p., http://culturalentomology.com/ced3/chinese_crcul.html. Licenced: uncertain, but most likely public domain.