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Tropical House Cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus)
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Copyright © 2008
Elliotte Rusty Harold
Nocturnal Cricket -
Gryllodes sigillatus
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Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
July 26, 2008
Size: body ~2-3cm
On the exterior wall of my garage about 9:00 PM
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Contributed by
Elliotte Rusty Harold
on 27 July, 2008 - 8:05am
Last updated 3 October, 2015 - 12:13pm
Tropical House Cricket
This looks like an adult female tropical/Indian/decorated house cricket (
Gryllodes sigillatus
), an import which is now established in southern California and other southern portions of the USA. The following site has a real good photo of a similar female specimen plus info for homeowners.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Entomology-Study-Bugs-665/Insect-Identification-bristletail-sorts.htm
The Singing Insects site also has a bit of info and song recordings of chirping males to listen to, so you'll be able to recognize if your new lady bug pal has any suitors nearby.
http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/501a.htm
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Heimchen
, 27 July, 2008 - 6:24pm
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Thanks. FYI, in the guide thi
Thanks. FYI, in the guide this seems to be listed as Gryllodes supplicans; and in the literature seems to have been
described over a dozen times
under different names.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold
, 28 July, 2008 - 12:16am
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Hmmm, Interesting...
I'd noted that it was also referred to as
G. supplicans
, including in this guide, yet the Singing Insects site and the Orthoptera Species File are still calling it
G. sigillatus
... those are the sites I usually go by. On the other hand, I think that with multi-described species like this you're really supposed to go with the earliest record, true? (Experts? Anybody?) I also see that in that list you found, that this species was once referred to as an
Acheta
. Double hmmm... Wonder if this species could interbreed with regular house crickets,
Acheta domesticus
...?
There's a lubber grasshopper with two scientific names still in common use too, which has caused similar confusion here. And this guide's red-headed bush cricket, that's the one I think of as a handsome trig. Guess all you can do is try to stay aware of such descrepancies until they eventually get cleared up...if ever!
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Heimchen
, 28 July, 2008 - 3:06am
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