European field cricket
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The European field cricket has greatly reduced hindwings.
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The European field cricket has greatly reduced hindwings.
THE REAL WORLD
The real European field cricket
- Scientific name
- Gryllus campestris
- Japanese name
- ヨーロッパクロコオロギ
- Group
- Insects
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Gryllidae
- Genus
- Gryllus
A shiny black cricket with a large head. The bases of its forewings are yellow.
Males sing a loud song of short, repeated chirps in front of their burrows.
It mainly eats grasses. Older nymphs and adults spend the winter in burrows with sideways-facing entrances.
How the European field cricket lives
It lives in south-facing short grass on sandy or chalky soil, with patches of bare ground. Adults start appearing in spring. They mate and lay eggs from spring into summer.
Orthoptera & Allied Insects (UK recording scheme)Basic data
- Size
- 17–23 mm
- Diet
- Mainly grasses
Where the European field cricket has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ヨーロッパクロコオロギ
- 简体中文
- 蟋蟀
- 繁體中文
- 蟋蟀
- Español
- Grillo campestre
- Français
- Grillon des champs
- Deutsch
- Feldgrille
- Português (Brasil)
- Grilo-do-campo
- Italiano
- Grillo campestre
- العربية
- جدجد حقلي
- Tiếng Việt
- Dế
- Русский
- Полевой сверчок
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- Orthoptera & Allied Insects (UK recording scheme) — Gryllus campestris (Field Cricket)Checked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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