Recordings

596:9 Gryllus campestris (001r1)	11:11 · David R. Ragge
991:1 Gryllus campestris (142r1)	3:12 · David R. Ragge; W. J. Reynolds
991:2 Gryllus campestris (142r2)	3:09 · David R. Ragge; W. J. Reynolds
991:3 Gryllus campestris (142r3)	5:36 · David R. Ragge; W. J. Reynolds
991:4 Gryllus campestris (142r4)	4:46 · David R. Ragge; W. J. Reynolds
565_22_Gryllus campestris	0:51
565_23_Gryllus campestris	0:37
25 Field-cricket	0:51
Greece, Grevena, Mt. Vourinos near Ag. Pandelimon and Katafygion, lab recording, 26/6/1986, 21°C (Uher 4200IC?, tape no. U-WI1986-1r, isolated male and courtship)	0:35
432:1 Gryllus campestris (656r1a)	2:41 · W. J. Reynolds
432:2 Gryllus campestris (656r1b)	0:44 · W. J. Reynolds
432:3 Gryllus campestris (656r2)	6:04 · W. J. Reynolds
566:21 Gryllus campestris (638r19)	2:58 · Fer Willemse

Specimens

Gryllus (Gryllus) campestris NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210746	1975-06-11 · W. J. Reynolds
Gryllus (Gryllus) campestris NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210745	1975-06-11 · W. J. Reynolds

Literature

Schmidt, Arne KD; Römer, Heiner (2013). Diversity of acoustic tracheal system and its role for directional hearing in crickets.

Iorgu, Ionuț Ștefan; Mustata, Gheorghe (2008). Bioacoustic studies on some cricket species (Insecta:Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from Romania. Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, s. Biologie animală, LIV: 57-64.

Kostarakos, Konstantinos; Hartbauer, Manfred; Römer, Heiner (2008). Matched Filters, Mate Choice and the Evolution of Sexually Selected Traits.

Bennet-Clark, H. C.; Bailey, Winston J. (2002). Ticking of the clockwork cricket: the role of the escapement mechanism.. J Exp Biol, 205(Pt 5): 613-25.

Kühne, Roland; Silver, Susan; Lewis, Brian (1984). Processing of vibratory and acoustic signals by ventral cord neurones in the cricket Gryllus campestris. Journal of Insect Physiology, 30(7): 575 - 585.

Kleindienst, Hans -Ulrich; Wohlers, David W.; Larsen, Ole Næsbye (1983). Tympanal membrane motion is necessary for hearing in crickets.

Forrest, TG (1982). Acoustic communication and baffling behaviors of crickets. The Florida Entomologist, 65: 33–44.

Nocke, Harald (1971). Biophysik der Schallerzeugung durch die Vorderflügel der Grillen. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Physiologie, 74(3): 272 - 314.

Bentley, D R; Kutsch, W (1966). The neuromuscular mechanism of stridulation in crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae).. Journal of Experimental Biology, 45(1): 151-64.

Behaviour

The males stridulate in warm weather from in front of thre burrow entrance, often until late at night, and are audible from about 50m. The chirp sounds rather like 'tsri' and is repeated interminably in rapid succession. The males often engage in fights, accompanied by a special 'whipping' sound. In courting, the male produces special, soft sounds, audible only in the immediate vicinity.

Source: Bellman, Heiko (1988). A Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Britain and Northern Europe. William Collins & Sons.

Diagnostic

Gryllus campestris (Linné, 1758) (Figs. 1; 8; 15; 22) - has one of the most known songs in the animal kingdom. This calling song is composed of echemes of 3 (rarely 4-5) hemisyllables, each echeme having 0,2 seconds. The song is in crescendo from the first to the last hemisyllable. The gaps between echemes are variable between 0.1 and 0.3 second at 20-22oC. It stridulates from May to June, mostly in the evening and at night. The stridulation is very intense being heard from over 90-100 meters. The pars stridens has approximately 4.6 mm (the area with stridulatory pegs) and a number of 150 pegs.

Source: Iorgu, Ionuț Ștefan; Mustata, Gheorghe (2008). Bioacoustic studies on some cricket species (Insecta:Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from Romania. Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii „Al. I. Cuza” Iaşi, s. Biologie animală, LIV: 57-64.