Wood Cricket
Taxonomy
Orthoptera » Ensifera » Grylloidea » Gryllidae » Nemobiinae » Nemobius sylvestris
Status
UK
Distribution Map
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.
Recordings
Description
A small, dark brown cricket with a paler pronotum.
Size
7-12 mm
Wings
Flightless with reduced forewings.
Stridulation
Low purring song that is difficult to hear from a solitary male but can be heard from a chorus of males.
Food
Dead leaves and fungi.
Habitat
Deep leaf litter in warm clearings and sunny edges of woods or areas of scrub but can also occur in stone walls, earth banks, and clay sea cliffs near wood or scrub.
Phenology
Two year life cycle, adults present from June to the end of October.