Fall Field Cricket Gryllus pennsylvanicus Burmeister, 1838    Synonyms: Pennsylvania Field Cricket.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Orthoptera   >   Family Gryllidae   >   Genus Gryllus   

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"Identification of Gryllus is difficult, and location, date, and song are the easiest ways to identify them" (BugGuide.net).

There are 55 records in the project database.

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The cheery chirping is a Fall Field Cricket. The electric buzzing is a Round-tipped Conehead. There are also Japanese Burrowing Crickets and background tree crickets. - Thomas Wilson.

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A female Fall Field Cricket in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (11/6/2013). Photo by Brandon Woo. (MBP list)

A female Fall Field Cricket in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/26/2014). Notes from the photographer: "I ruled out G. firmus because it is noted that its ovipositor usually exceeds the body length, whereas those of both G. pennsylvanicus (Fall Field Cricket) and G. veletis (Spring Field Cricket) tend to be shorter, and as this is not mid-summer when adults of the two remaining possibilities might co-occur, but October, I'm ruling out G. veletis... found in sandy low gradient riparian meadow adjacent to the Anacostia River" Photo by David Hilmy. (MBP list)

A male Fall Field Cricket in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/7/2012). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Fall Field Cricket in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (10/24/2015). Verified by Brandon Woo/BugGuide. Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

A female Fall Field Cricket at Swan Creek, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/5/2012). Photo by Nancy Magnusson. (MBP list)

A Fall Field Cricket in Baltimore City, Maryland (10/7/2010). Determined by David J. Ferguson/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

Fall Field Cricket in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/29/2022). (c) bruzzone, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by bruzzone via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A male Fall Field Cricket in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/6/2014). Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)

A Fall Field Cricket in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/29/2014). Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)

Fall Field Cricket in Prince George's Co., Maryland (10/23/2020). (c) spyingnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by spyingnaturalist via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Fall Field Cricket in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/20/2018). Determined by Brandon Woo/BugGuide. Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)


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