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Field Cricket

Gryllus campestris

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Gryllidae

Gryllus campestris, the European field cricket or simply the field cricket in the British Isles, is the type species of crickets in its genus and tribe Gryllini. These flightless dark colored insects are comparatively large; the males range from 19 to 23 mm and the females from 17 to 22 mm. Habitat Gryllus campestris used to be common over most of Western Europe.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 10,870Switzerland · 10,425Netherlands · 3,469France · 3,407Spain · 791Italy · 624Belgium · 83Luxembourg · 61United Kingdom · 36