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house cricket

Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus 1758)

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map color variation long-winged female semi-dealated female
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long-winged male male genitalia    
Alien origin and spread of this SINA species.
20 s of calling song, male from Alachua County, Fla., 26.5°C. Dominant frequency 4.8 kHz (WTL487-1). Click on sound bar to hear entire recording.
This sound spectrogram is a 2 s excerpt of the 20 s audio file accessible above. The excerpt begins at 15 s. Click on sound bar to hear graphed song.
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Song: Weissman and Gray (2019) described the song as usually having 2- pulses per chirp (range 2-4), 40-200 chirps per minute.
DNA: See Gray, Weissman, et al. (2020).
Habitat: Commercially grown; feral populations established.
More information:
subfamily Gryllinae, genus Gryllus
References: Weissman and Gray 2019, pp29-35, pp29-32; Gray, Weissman, et al. 2020.
Nomenclature: OSF (Orthoptera Species File Online)
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