---
title: "Dierentuinkrekel"
description: "Gryllodes sigillatus — Insecten en spinnen. 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/nl/animal/tropical-house-cricket
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dierentuinkrekel

> Gryllodes sigillatus — Insecten en spinnen. 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` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren)
- 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

![Dierentuinkrekel](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=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).