what's this froggy insect?

[Pulk]

 

[lucanidae]

Myrmecophilus sp. a cricket that lives with and benefits from ants. Weird huh?

 

[Pulk]

weird indeed. thanks

 

[DeTwan]

woh! that thing is cool and froggish...lol a frog cricket

 

[crixalis]

wow

cool crix huh

 

[cacoseraph]

hey, it is the little orange crickets!


i have always wondered if they would be good feeders... but if they live in assoc with ants... that sounds like it might be hard to do in cap

 

[eelnoob]

anymore pix? looks interesting

 

[Black Widow88]

Myrmecophilus sp. a cricket that lives with and benefits from ants. Weird huh?

And then there's the caterpillar of the Large Blue, numerous Ant mimicking spiders, a beetle ( don't remember the name ) and probably even more that I don't know of.

So the only thing I would like to know is how do they benefit from ants and what do the ants get in return? I don't see crickets making honeydew....

Black Widow88