House cricket: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the house cricket lives – recorded in 17 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Acheta domesticus
Group	Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects
Found in	17 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Class	Insect
Order	Orthoptera
Family	Gryllidae

Where does the house cricket live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the house cricket in 17 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America. In Austria, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, United States it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Sweden
United Kingdom (introduced)
Germany
France (introduced)
Netherlands (introduced)
Belgium (introduced)
Switzerland
Canada
Portugal (introduced)
Finland
United States (introduced)
Hungary
Austria (introduced)
Luxembourg
China
Russia
Ireland (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the house cricket?

The house cricket (Acheta domesticus) is an insect in the order Orthoptera and the family Gryllidae, genus Acheta. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the house cricket

Acheta domesticus, commonly called the house cricket, is a species of cricket most likely native to Southwestern Asia, but between 1950 and 2000 it became the standard feeder insect for the pet and research industries and spread worldwide. They can be kept as pets themselves, as this has been the case in China and Japan.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article House cricket (revision 1379779404), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q27711 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).