They burrow in the ground like a mole, and we do not often see them.
The strangest thing about them is their hands.
No, of course they are not really hands, but they look like them.
All the joints of the fore legs are modified to form strong digging tools, and they look very much like the paws of the mole.
They are troublesome fellows, sometimes, when they eat the tender roots of the vegetables in the garden.
You all have seen the little tree cricket, but you might not recognize it as a cricket, it is such a pale little creature.
Its light green body may often be seen on bushes in the summer-time, and, if you look carefully, the form will tell you what the little one is.
