M. pallipes (Male)
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Trigonidiinae
Species: Metioche pallipes (Stål, 1861)
Location: Tampines Mountain Biking Trail
A cricket is an insect with long back legs used for jumping. A cricket's antenna is usually as long as their abdomen or longer. Underneath the wing covers are modified wings. They are so modified that the cricket cannot fly. Instead it scrambles and hops about in long grasses.