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What kind of Cricket Please - Gryllus pennsylvanicus - female

What kind of Cricket Please - Gryllus pennsylvanicus - Female
Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
July 21, 2007
Size: 1 inch +/-
Found in backyard. Help with ID appreciated

Moved
Moved from Field Crickets.

Moved
Moved from Field Crickets.

Moved
to sub-family for now.

Last-instar Field Cricket Nymph
This looks like a female field cricket who has just molted out into her last nymphal stage and not coloured up or fully dried yet. The next time she molts, she'll become an adult, and given the date you took her photo, she's quite likely a black field or fall field cricket or Gryllus pennsylvanicus, the most common field cricket species found in your region.

A photo of what your nymph will more-or-less look like as she molts one final time (yours will have shorter wings):
http://perso.orange.fr/sesnr/galeries/photos_animaux/slides/Grillon.html

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