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title: "European Field Cricket"
description: "Gryllus campestris — Insects & spiders. Gryllus campestris, the European field cricket or simply the field cricket in the British Isles, is the type species of crickets in its genus and tribe Gryllini."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/european-field-cricket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# European Field Cricket

> Gryllus campestris — Insects & spiders. Gryllus campestris, the European field cricket or simply the field cricket in the British Isles, is the type species of crickets in its genus and tribe Gryllini.

- Scientific name: *Gryllus campestris*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 21220
- Wikidata: [Q727567](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727567)
- iNaturalist taxon: [71248](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/71248)

## Names

- en: European Field Cricket
- de: Feldgrille
- fr: Grillon champêtre
- nl: Veldkrekel
- pt: Grilo-do-campo
- pl: Świerszcz polny

## Countries with the most observations

AT (3246), FR (3209), DE (2576), IT (1371), CZ (1144), ES (1014), PL (957), PT (755), CH (585), HU (512), RU (423), UA (423)

## Summary

Gryllus campestris, the European field cricket or simply the field cricket in the British Isles, is the type species of crickets in its genus and tribe Gryllini. These flightless dark colored insects are comparatively large; the males range from 19 to 23 mm and the females from 17 to 22 mm.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryllus_campestris

## Photo

![European Field Cricket](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-field-cricket/medium.jpg)

Photo: ivan_humljani · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22764854

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-field-cricket?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).