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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) » Fall Field Cricket (Gryllus pennsylvanicus)
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Field Cricket - Gryllus pennsylvanicus - female
Copyright © 2010 Karl Hillig

Field Cricket - Gryllus pennsylvanicus - Female
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
August 5, 2010
In garden. ID help appreciated.
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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 26 December, 2010 - 9:32am
Last updated 2 January, 2012 - 5:44am

species ID is tentative
Moved from Field Crickets.
… David J. Ferguson, 2 January, 2012 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

In theory, based on date and location,
Gryllus pennsylvanicus would seem most likely, However, the very long ovipositor is more characteristic of G. firmus, which lives in sand areas (but which usually has more brown coloring). This one appears to have a "hairy" pronotum, which is usually not so noticeable in either of these species, but can occur in both.

Anyway, yes, it is certainly a Field Cricket in genus Gryllus.

Moved from True Crickets.
… David J. Ferguson, 27 December, 2010 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, David.
Our soil has a high clay content, certainly not sandy. Next summer I'll see if I can identify them by their song.
… Karl Hillig, 27 December, 2010 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

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