Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

House Cricket

Taxonomy: 

  • Orthoptera›Ensifera›Grylloidea›Gryllidae›Gryllinae›Acheta domesticus

Status: 

NN

Distribution

Recordings

  • Courtship song.
  • Calling song.

Colours show the year of the last record -

  up to 1987   1988-97   1998 up to present

Only Recording Scheme datasets are included. Other datasets on the Gateway may hold additional information.

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Description: 

Greyish brown cricket with two dark bars across the head, and cerci no longer than the ovipositor.

Size: 

14-20 mm

Wings: 

Fully winged.

Stridulation: 

Regular, shrill chirp.

Food: 

Omnivorous, feeding on a wide range of animal and vegetable matter.

Habitat: 

Few outdoor records; mostly confined to domestic houses and other premises.

Phenology: 

Lives in artificial conditions and lacks seasonality or diapause.