Keys wood cricket

Gryllus cayensis Walker 2001

10 s of a song of a caged, solitary male from Key Largo, Monroe County, Fla., 22.0°C. Frequency modes at 6.3 and 8.4 kHz. (WTL475-2)

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10 s of courtship song, male from Key Largo, Monroe County, Fla., 26.2°C. Dominant frequency 6.0 kHz.

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Song:	No calling song, but low intensity song as in courtship above sometimes produced by caged, solitary males.
Identification:	A key to the adult males of native US Gryllus is in Weissman and Gray (2019).
DNA:	See Gray, Weissman, et al. (2020).
Range:	This species formerly occurred in the Florida Keys but now is apparently restricted to the pinelands of Everglades National Park. See map for isolated Collier County record.
Habitat:	Pinelands south of N lat 25.4° in Dade County, Florida.
Life cycle:	In the laboratory at 25°C and 16L:8D photoperiod, development from egg to adult required about 6 months.
Season:	Adults have been collected in April, July, August, and September; late juveniles in June, July, August, and September.
More information:	Subfamily Gryllinae, genus Gryllus.
References:	Walker 2001, Weissman and Gray 2019, pp119-131, pp130-131; Gray, Weissman, et al. 2020.
Nomenclature:	OSF (Orthoptera Species File Online).