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Tropical House Cricket
Gryllodes sigillatus
15,285 observations in the source records
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
What the records say
- 15,285 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
House CricketAcheta domesticus
Common Crevice-cricketGryllomorpha dalmatina
Japanese Burrowing CricketVelarifictorus micado
Greenhouse Camel CricketTachycines asynamorus
California Camel CricketCeuthophilus californianus
Teleogryllus mitratus
Jumping Bush CricketHapithus saltator
Amusurgus genji
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| California | 5,217 |
|---|---|
| United States | 4,742 |
| Mexico | 1,091 |
| Arizona | 936 |
| Australia | 259 |
| China | 199 |
| Texas | 197 |
| Jalisco | 165 |
| India | 164 |
| Mexico | 157 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera |
| Family | True Crickets · Gryllidae |
| Genus | Gryllodes |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Tropical House Cricket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.