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Field Cricket Field Cricket
Gryllus campestris
Body length 24mm

An impressive cricket, sadly now rare and restricted to a few locations in S England. Favours short grassland and lives in burrows. Adults seen May-June and nymphal stages July-April. Male sings from burrow entrance in warm weather.