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Jamaican field cricket

Gryllus assimilis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Gryllidae

Gryllus assimilis, commonly known as the Jamaican field cricket and sometimes referred to as the silent cricket (a misnomer) among other names, is one of many cricket species known as a field cricket. Its natural habitats are the West Indies and parts of the southern United States, Mexico, and South America, though as a result of widespread breeding programs to supply feeder insects to the pet industry since 2010, it has become available commercially throughout North America and Europe. Taxonomy At one time, many field crickets found in the eastern states of the United States were…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 2United Kingdom · 2Peru · 1Spain · 1