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Fall Field Cricket

Gryllus pennsylvanicus

19,303 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 78, February 80, March 126, April 247, May 474, June 222, July 167, August 299, September 496, October 229, November 82, December 73.
United States4,841
Canada4,764
Ontario2,234
New York1,311
British Columbia611
Quebec596
New Jersey484
Indiana400
Nova Scotia382
Massachusetts356

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyTrue Crickets · Gryllidae
GenusGryllus

Sources

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Practise Fall Field Cricket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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