Listen to the Field cricket
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About the Field cricket
The Field cricket is a insect in the family Gryllidae (order Orthoptera).
What does the Field cricket sound like?
Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
From Wikipedia
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.
Related insects in the genus Gryllus
More from the family Gryllidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Field cricket sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Field cricket on this page. Insects make sound mechanically: crickets and grasshoppers rub a scraper against a file (stridulation), cicadas buckle ribbed membranes called tymbals, and bees and mosquitoes hum with their wingbeats.
What family does the Field cricket belong to?
The Field cricket (Gryllus campestris) belongs to the family Gryllidae in the order Orthoptera.
Sources & credits
- BioAcoustica 991 3 Gryllus campestris 142r3 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 432 2 Gryllus campestris 656r1b – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 432 1 Gryllus campestris 656r1a – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 566 21 Gryllus campestris 638r19 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 991 2 Gryllus campestris 142r2 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- BioAcoustica 991 1 Gryllus campestris 142r1 – CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q727567 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Gryllus campestris – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Roberto Zanon – CC BY-SA 3.0