A collection of sounds of crickets living in Europe.

Crickets are insects from the order of Orthopterae (whichs means "straight wings"). The male produces stridulations by rubbing their wings. The frequency of these songs depends from the temperature of their environment. Most of these songs have a quite tonal quality, doesn't have a very wide broadband range in terms of frequency, and are played by night. Crickets have a significant role in a number of cultures, the most well-known being the cricket kept in cage has pet in China where the owners liked to listen to its voice while falling asleep.

1. Eugryllodes pipiens | Grillon testacé (Fr)

Valberg (Fr), summer 2003 by night

 
2. Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis | Bordeaux Cricket (Eng) | Grillon bordelais (Fr)

Cordemais (Fr), 17.07.2007, 23.00 

3. Gryllus campestris | Field Cricket (Eng) | Grillon des champs (Fr) 

Dombes (Fr), 07.08.2006 23.00

4. Gryllus bimaculatus | Two Spotted Cricket (Eng) | Grillon provençal (Fr) 

Vence (Fr), 13.08.2007 21.00

5. Nemobius sylvestris | Wood Cricket (Eng) | Grillon des bois (Fr)

Auzelle (Fr), 31.07.2006, 15.00

6. Œcanthus pellucens | Italian Cricket (Eng) | Grillon d'Italie (Fr)

Dombes (Fr), 07.08.2006, 22.00

7. Pteronemobius heydenii | Marsh Cricket (Eng) | Grillon des Marais (Fr)   *** new ***

Puy-de-Dôme (Fr), 12.06.2008, 00.30

8. Pteronemobius lineolatus | Grillon des torrents (Fr)

Bugarach (Fr), 25.08.2006, 22.30

Not really a cricket, but quite close :

The Mole Cricket is a bigger insect that sings in a funnel. This hole is split in two parts, each of them being used as an acoustic amplifier. The two horn-shaped corridors make a pair of loudhailers and spread the signals into a fan-shape field into the direction of the sky. The female while flying may have some chance to cross this acoustic field, and then... 

9. Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa | Mole Cricket (Eng) | Courtilière (Fr) 

Laaksaare (Estonia), 11.06.2007, 22.00

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