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Western Rock-loving Field Cricket

Gryllus saxatilis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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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.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 5, February 4, March 7, April 8, May 86, June 11, July 9, August 8, September 7, October 5, November 4, December 4.
Canada161
British Columbia103
Alberta77
United States54
California26
Mexico12
Baja California11
Nevada9
Washington7
Arizona6

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

Remember the name next time.

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