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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » True Crickets (Gryllidae) » Field Crickets (Gryllinae) » Field Crickets (Gryllus) » Spring Field Cricket (Gryllus veletis)
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Big Black Cricket - Gryllus veletis - male
Copyright © 2009 Paul Celano

Big Black Cricket - Gryllus veletis - Male
Brighton, Livingston County, Michigan, USA
June 10, 2008
Found this one inside. Its body is all black and the eyes are a deep red
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Contributed by Paul Celano on 10 August, 2009 - 5:15pm
Last updated 8 November, 2010 - 5:46pm

Moved
Moved from Field Crickets.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 November, 2010 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

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Gryllus - Field Cricket
I think all the black ones fit in that genus. I believe they're kind of hard to tell apart. Maybe somebody can tell you more though.
… Andrew Williams, 10 August, 2009 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah I thought it was a field
Yeah I thought it was a field cricket. But like you said, I hope some can tell me more. Thanks :)
… Paul Celano, 10 August, 2009 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

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