The sagebrush cricket, Cyphoderris strepitans, is one of only five extant species belonging to an obscure Othopteran lineage, the Haglidae, closely related to the true crickets (Gryllidae), and katydids (Tettigoniidae). C. strepitans occurs exclusively in mountainous areas of Wyoming and Colorado, where it occurs in high-altitude sagebrush meadows. The breeding season is short, beginning in early May and lasting until mid-June. Each night during the breeding season, males emerge from the soil litter shortly after sunset, climb into the sagebrush and begin to sing, presumably to attract sexually receptive females. Copulation may be initiated when a receptive female climbs the dorsum of a male, at which time he transfers a spermatophore, which remains outside of the female's body after mating. During copulation, the female feeds on the male's fleshy hindwings and infests haemolymph oozing from the wound.

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