Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status: British Isles non-native species.

Description: Greyish brown cricket with two dark bars across the head, and cerci no longer than the ovipositor.

Size: 14-20 mm

Wings: Fully winged.

Stridulation: Regular, shrill chirp.

Food: Omnivorous, feeding on a wide range of animal and vegetable matter.

Habitat: Few outdoor records; mostly confined to domestic houses and other premises.

Phenology: Lives in artificial conditions and lacks seasonality or diapause.

Distribution: The records held by the National Biodiversity Network are shown in the map below.

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Only the following datasets are included:

• Biological Records Centre - Grasshopper and Cricket (Orthoptera) and related species records from Britain and Ireland to 2007

Other datasets on the gateway may hold additional information.