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House Cricket
Acheta domesticus
5,034 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
- 5,034 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
Tropical House CricketGryllodes sigillatus
Japanese Burrowing CricketVelarifictorus micado
Verge CricketEumodicogryllus bordigalensis
stutter-trilling cricketGryllus staccato
Common Short-tailed CricketAnurogryllus arboreus
Jumping Bush CricketHapithus saltator
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Spanish House-CricketAcheta hispanicus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 5,123 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 4,565 |
| Canada | 287 |
| Ontario | 273 |
| California | 177 |
| Germany | 66 |
| Russia | 58 |
| Texas | 47 |
| Mexico | 33 |
| Illinois | 32 |
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 | Acheta |
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 House Cricket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.