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Spring Field Cricket

Gryllus veletis

5,352 observations in the source records

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28 photos

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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 16, February 16, March 25, April 49, May 95, June 99, July 33, August 30, September 32, October 30, November 16, December 15.
United States1,402
Canada1,085
Ontario397
New York378
British Columbia256
Alberta233
Massachusetts179
Quebec91
Illinois65
Saskatchewan57

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 Spring 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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