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House Cricket

Acheta domesticus

227Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May1
Jun5
Jul35
Aug101
Sep60
Oct11
Nov3
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England24
2Thurrock England23
3Cambridgeshire England13
4Suffolk England13
5Oxfordshire England8
6Rutland England4
7Isles of Scilly England4
8Cornwall England3
9Kent England2
10Lincolnshire England2
11Worcestershire England2
12Sefton England2
13Medway England2
14Norfolk England1
15Surrey England1
224 England2 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
227
Peak month
August
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Acheta domesticus
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
NBN Atlas records since 2000
228
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Gryllidae
Genus
Acheta
Name with authority
Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27711 · GBIF 1718308