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Orthoptera Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/18/2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. This is part of the second wave of a cache series I’m using to quiz cachers about insects, and hopefully spread some knowledge. Most of the answers can be easily googled. Some may take a little additional logic to get right. I hope fellow geocachers find this to be a fun and worthwhile series.

Caches are in a final location that is no place special or particularly scenic. If nothing else, consider it an opportunity for a number boost!

To find the coordinates to this cache, you will research answers to questions about the insect order Orthoptera – grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids.

The final location is at N38 5A.BAC W92 0D.EEB.

Choose the answer that is correct to fill in the coordinates.

A. What kind of insect is the bad guy in "The Miracle of the Gulls"?
grasshopper = 6
cricket = 8
mole cricket = 8
katydid = 9
B. One of the following has never been a common name of an orthopteran. But which?
Crackling Locust = 0
Furnace Heat Lubber = 1
Robust Monkey Grasshopper = 2
Jerusalem Cricket = 3
Great Grig = 4
Jade-striped Sylph= 5
Carlinian Snapper= 6
Carolina Leaf-roller= 6
Aztec Spur-throat= 8
Sword-bearing Conehead= 9
C. OK, I'm just going to give you this one. But first, I want you to google "Cooloola monster".
C = 0
D. Under ideal environmental conditions, several generations of Schistocerca gregaria can be produced in a very short period of time, leading to destructive swarms of this insect that can cover as much as 20% of the earth's land surface. What is the common name of this pest?
Migratory locust = 5
Rocky Mountain locust = 6
Desert locust = 7
Pharoah locust = 8
E. Males of a particular type of orthopteran construct exponential horn-shaped burrows. They use these burrows for "singing" to attract a mate, and the sound can reach a peak of 115 dB. What type of insect is this?
Mormon Cricket = 5
mole cricket = 6
pygmy mole cricket = 7
giant weta = 8
You are looking for a camouflaged match stick container. It is within a few millimeters of being invisible. PLEASE hide it back the way you found it to preserve the difficulty of the hide

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

fbhgu fvqr bs ebnq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)