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Acheta domesticus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Acheta domesticus, commonly called the house cricket, is a species of cricket most likely native to Southwestern Asia, but between 1950 and 2000 it became the standard feeder insect for the pet and research industries and spread worldwide. They can be kept as pets themselves, as this has been the case in China and Japan.
The house cricket is typically gray or brownish in color, growing to 16–21 millimetres (0.63–0.83 in) in length. Males and females look similar, but females will have a brown-black, needle-like ovipositor extending from the center rear, approximately the same length as the cerci, the paired appendages towards the rear-most segment of the cricket. On males, the cerci are more prominent.
The house cricket is an omnivore that eats a range of plant and animal matter. Crickets in the wild consume flowers, leaves, fruits, grasses and other insects (including dead members of their own species). Crickets in captivity will accept fruits (e.g. apples, oranges, bananas), vegetables (e.g. potatoes, carrots, squash, leafy vegetables), grains (e.g. oatmeal, cornmeal, cooked corncobs, alfalfa, wheat germ, rice cereal), various pet foods and commercial... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Dubai | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | |
| 2 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 3 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 6 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 8 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a House Cricket sighting in Essen on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 381st most-seen of the 434 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a House Cricket in Essen on a given day, against under 5% in October to July, the lowest months.
4th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate House Cricket sightings, Essen ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Dubai (United Arab Emirates, about 10%), Warsaw (Poland, under 5%) and Berlin (Germany, under 5%).
Same order: Orthoptera
The closest relatives of the House Cricket that you can see in Essen (order Orthoptera, Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids) are Great Green Bush-Cricket (about 10%), Southern Oak Bush-Cricket (about 10%) and Speckled Bush-Cricket (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the House Cricket is recorded against all the insects logged in Essen (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
