Name

Gryllus sp.

common cricket, field cricket

Framing

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Hexapoda

Subclass: Insecta

Order: Orthoptera

Suborder: Ensifera

Family: Gryllidae

Genus: Gryllus

Species: sp.

Habitat

Hot environments, in low-grass prairies, in cultivated fields, and in prairies where it digs tunnels in the ground

Feeding

Omnivorous, but mainly feeds on vegetables.

Distribution

Eurasia and North Africa

Conservation status

Least Concern (LC)

Additional information

Filiform antennae, tarsi with three segments and long cerci. Flattened body. Often without hind wings. Ovopositor straight and needle-shaped. Spandrels on the front tibiae.