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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) » Gryllodes » Tropical House Cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus)

Species Gryllodes sigillatus - Tropical House Cricket

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
Gryllodes sigillatus - female 2 baby crickets - Gryllodes sigillatus Tropical House Cricket - Gryllodes sigillatus - female On the Driveway - Gryllodes sigillatus - female Gryllodes sigillatus - male Gryllodes sigillatus Female, Gryllodes sigillatus? - Gryllodes sigillatus - female G. sigillatus partial macropter? - Gryllodes sigillatus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Gryllidea (Crickets)
Family Gryllidae (True Crickets)
Subfamily Gryllinae (Field Crickets)
Genus Gryllodes
Species sigillatus (Tropical House Cricket)
Other Common Names
Indian House Cricket, Decorated Cricket, Banded Cricket
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gryllodes sigillatus (F. Walker 1869)

Has been confused with Gryllodes supplicans. There are 11 synonyms for G. sigillatus listed at Orthoptera Species File
Explanation of Names
Author: F. Walker
Numbers
1 species in this genus in North America.
Range
Southern tier of states from CA to FL
Habitat
Human-modified habitats
Season
Year-round
Food
Generalist omnivore
Remarks
Probably introduced from Asia.

Raised and sold for pet food.
See Also
Acheta domesticus
Internet References
synonyms and classification (Orthoptera Species File)
U. of Florida
U. of Florida
Zoosystematics and Evolution. Mating behavior
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 14 November, 2006 - 5:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 31 October, 2018 - 3:43pm

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