The European field cricket (Gryllus campestris) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Gryllinae (field crickets).

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Taxonomy

*Gryllus campestris*
Gryllus campestris
Other common names
	British field cricket
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllidae
Subfamily:	Gryllinae
Tribe:	Gryllini
Genus:	Gryllus
Scientific name
	Gryllus campestris Linnaeus, 1758
Geography
Native countries:
	Germany; Italy; Morocco; Spain; Turkey; France; North Macedonia; Portugal; United Kingdom;
Traits
Diet:	Forbs, Insects, Detritus
Sound
	; Listen to this species on xeno-canto

Identification

Identification resources

Distribution

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceGryllus campestris

Habitat

Geophilous

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Stridulation

Habitat and ecology

Land-use change

Pest status

Management

Outbreaks

Outbreak media coverage

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Year	URL
IUCN Red List Orthoptera		View URL
IUCN European Red List of Grasshoppers, Crickets and Bush-crickets	2016	View URL
xeno-canto		View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

Jakob Fahr — 28 specimens collected
Tiago Carrapiço — 20 specimens collected
Claude Kolwelter — 18 specimens collected

Victor Parkhomenko — 10 specimens collected
Andre Hospers — 9 specimens collected
Luis Pascoal da Silva — 9 specimens collected
Gilles San Martin — 8 specimens collected
Nicolas Schwab — 8 specimens collected
Fabian A. Boetzl — 7 specimens collected
Patrick Hacker — 7 specimens collected
Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval — 6 specimens collected
Eva Karbanová — 6 specimens collected
Raoul Gerend — 6 specimens collected
Elia Guariento — 6 specimens collected
Gergely Gajda — 6 specimens collected
Sebastian Ćato — 5 specimens collected
Andrzej Oleksa — 5 specimens collected
Valentin Moser — 5 specimens collected
Octávio Mateus — 5 specimens collected
Sven Gippner — 5 specimens collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

Jakob Fahr — 32 specimens identified
Josip Skejo — 19 specimens identified
Claude Kolwelter — 18 specimens identified

Oto Kaláb — 15 specimens identified
Elia Guariento — 13 specimens identified
Patrick Hacker — 12 specimens identified
Tiago Carrapiço — 12 specimens identified
Luis Pascoal da Silva — 10 specimens identified
Gilles San Martin — 9 specimens identified
Sebastian Ćato — 8 specimens identified
Nicolas Schwab — 8 specimens identified
Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval — 7 specimens identified
András Tartally — 7 specimens identified
Victor Parkhomenko — 7 specimens identified
Fabian A. Boetzl — 6 specimens identified
태우 김 — 6 specimens identified
Raoul Gerend — 6 specimens identified
Valentin Moser — 6 specimens identified
Gergely Gajda — 6 specimens identified
Andre Hospers — 6 specimens identified

References