---
title: "Grillon replel"
description: "Gryllodes sigillatus — Insectes et araignées. Gryllodes sigillatus, the tropical house cricket, Indian house cricket or banded cricket, is a small cricket probably native to southwestern Asia, but has spread throughout tropical regions worldwide."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/tropical-house-cricket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grillon replel

> Gryllodes sigillatus — Insectes et araignées. Gryllodes sigillatus, the tropical house cricket, Indian house cricket or banded cricket, is a small cricket probably native to southwestern Asia, but has spread throughout tropical regions worldwide.

- Scientific name: *Gryllodes sigillatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `urban` (Villes et jardins), `zoo` (Zoo et animaux de compagnie)
- iNaturalist observations: 14728
- Wikidata: [Q10509344](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10509344)
- iNaturalist taxon: [154340](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154340)

## Names

- en: Tropical House Cricket
- de: Kurzflügelgrille
- es: Grillo doméstico tropical
- fr: Grillon replel
- nl: Dierentuinkrekel

## Countries with the most observations

US (6785), MX (1652), AU (351), IN (282), TW (228), BR (170), AR (134), CN (96), ZA (87), PA (84), TH (78), MY (73)

## Summary

Gryllodes sigillatus, the tropical house cricket, Indian house cricket or banded cricket, is a small cricket probably native to southwestern Asia, but has spread throughout tropical regions worldwide. Like its relative the house cricket, the tropical house cricket is also raised commercially for feeding certain pets such as reptiles, birds, amphibians, and insectivorous arthropods.

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

## Photo

![Grillon replel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tropical-house-cricket/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328454809

## Machine access

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