Restless Bush Cricket

Hapithus agitator · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Gryllidae

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Restless Bush Cricket
Photo: Bill Keim, CC BY

The restless bush cricket lives in North America. It is found throughout that region.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Its habitat is in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 32 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, New Jersey, Ohio.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Restless Bush Cricket photo 3
Photo: Paul Bedell, CC BY-SA
Restless Bush Cricket photo 4
Photo: Justin Johnsen, CC BY
Restless Bush Cricket photo 5
Photo: DiegoH, CC BY
Restless Bush Cricket photo 6
Photo: Cecil Smith, CC BY

Same family (Gryllidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapithus_agitator

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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