Japanese burrowing cricket · Velarifictorus micado

Map Legend

Unclassified

  • No subspecies specified
  • In background of another recording

Credits

Ranges shown based on BirdLife International and NatureServe (2011), now curated and maintained by Xeno-canto.

Other Resources

Note: Xeno-canto follows the IOC taxonomy. External sites may use a different taxonomy.

Seasonal occurrence

  • Resident
  • Breeding
  • Non-breeding
  • Passage
  • Uncertain

6 foreground recordings and 2 background recordings of Velarifictorus micado . Total recording duration 14:35.

Results format:

Common name / Scientific Length Recordist Date Time Country Location Elev. (m) Type (predef. / other) Remarks Actions / Quality Cat.nr.
Japanese burrowing cricket (Velarifictorus micado) 0:56 Daniel Parker 2023-08-22 21:40 United States Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York 30 calling song

Habitat: capped landfill grassland, with both natives and invasives. V. micado is the loud, low, rich chirping, lower-pitched and more rapid than Gryllus species.

This cricket was accidentally introduced to the Washington, D.C. area in 1959. From there it has spread north and south, and it is quite common here in southeast New York. Some concerns remain about whether it may outcompete our native Gryllus, but in this area at least, both G. veletis and G. pennsylvanicus are as abundant as V. micado, possibly more so. I don't know whether the relative pausity of G. veletis in this area's suburbs as compared to G. pennsylvanicus, should it actually be the case, is related to interactions between G. veletis and V. micado, but they have very different seasonality.

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Japanese burrowing cricket (Velarifictorus micado) 8:13 Ray Tsu 诸仁 2023-08-18 01:53 China Tianlin Community, Shanghai 10 calling song [sono] discuss icon
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Japanese burrowing cricket (Velarifictorus micado) 3:41 Ray Tsu 诸仁 2023-08-13 00:40 China Tianlin Community, Shanghai 10 calling song [sono] discuss icon
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Japanese burrowing cricket (Velarifictorus micado) 0:04 Abram 2023-05-02 00:00 United States BotW unknown uncertain

N/A

Originally a mystery recording. See the forum.

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Japanese burrowing cricket (Velarifictorus micado) 0:53 Oriental Stork 2022-08-29 22:39 China 槐树岭四号院,Beijing,China 50 calling song

probably another type of song of the 迷卡斗蟋

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Japanese burrowing cricket (Velarifictorus micado) 0:45 Oriental Stork 2022-08-29 22:33 China 槐树岭四号院,Beijing,China 50 calling song

singing from inside one of the wheels of the neighbor's car. god knows what it was doing in there.

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