🦗 Field Cricket
Gryllus pennsylvanicus
The metronome of late summer nights. Crickets chirp faster as the temperature rises — a living thermometer.
🔊 Hear the call
🦗 Field Cricket
Reference call (simulated)
“Evenly spaced high chirps, two to four per second”
What they sound like
Evenly spaced high chirps, two to four per second
Why they make this sound
- · Males calling to attract females by rubbing their wings
- · Aggressive chirps toward rival males
- · Quiet courtship song up close
When you’ll hear them
Warm evenings and nights from midsummer through first frost
Where they live
Lawns, fields, roadsides, mulch beds and basements Widespread across North America
Fun fact
Count chirps for 14 seconds and add 40 — that's roughly the temperature in Fahrenheit.
Should I be concerned?
Harmless. Loud, but harmless.
Sound signature
- Sound type
- Insect stridulation
- Pitch
- High and pure
- Pattern
- Steady evenly spaced chirps
- Frequency
- 4,000–5,000 Hz