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Nocturnal Cricket - Gryllodes sigillatus - female

Nocturnal Cricket - Gryllodes sigillatus - Female
Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
July 26, 2008
Size: body ~2-3cm
On the exterior wall of my garage about 9:00 PM

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

 
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.

 
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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