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 House Cricket  Acheta domesticus

female House Cricket (Acheta domesticus), Purfleet, Essex, Sep 2022

male House Cricket (Acheta domesticus), Purfleet, Essex, Sep 2022

female & male House Cricket (Acheta domesticus), Purfleet, Essex, Sep 2022

Purfleet, Essex, England  51° 28' 54" N  000° 13' 55" E  26 August 2022  22:25

Calling song from male House Cricket (Acheta domesticus) inside a crack in footpath along River Thames wharf.

A loud, far-carrying, medium-pitched tropical/Mediterranean sounds, seemingly out of place here, composed of ~4 double or triple-elements/sec at 18°C. Observed at close range with torch light. Females and nymphs of various ages also present at the site.

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Indoor recording in terrarium  51° 28' 54" N  000° 13' 55" E  26 August 2022

Courtship song from a captive male House Cricket (Acheta domesticus) with a female in a vivarium - from a wild population just metres away along a River Thames wharf. One female we kept in captivity lived until 23.01.23.

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Rainham Landfill, Essex, England  51° 29' 45.2" N  0° 10' 58.4" E  5 September 2018 20:40

Calling song from a single male House Cricket (Acheta domesticus) in grassland bordering a landfill and recycling centre. Calling song/stridulation composed of two or three elements/syllables per chirp/echeme.

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Rainham Landfill, Essex, England  51° 29' 48.0" N  0° 11' 02.4" E  5 September 2018 20:30

Calling song from two or more male House Crickets (Acheta domesticus) in grassland bordering a landfill and recycling centre.

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House Cricket (Acheta domesticus), Purfleet-on-Thames - calling song recorded with a mobile phone left remotely.

House Cricket (Acheta domesticus), Rainham Landfill.

House Cricket (Acheta domesticus) records Rainham-Purfleet, Essex, 2018-2022

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