Gryllus bryanti

Gryllus bryanti is a species of cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae. G. bryanti lives on islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Eleuthera Island and Andros Island in the Bahamas.

Morphology

Gryllus bryanti is among the larger species of field crickets. Body colour is dark brown with reddish brown around the head, thorax and legs.

Typical of many field crickets, G. bryanti can be found living in cracks or burrows in the ground in disturbed areas and around human habitations.

Like most gryllids, males produce song by tegminal stridulation. Male G. bryanti calling song is distinct from other species of Gryllus in that each chirp consists of only a single pulse instead of multiple pulses. Courtship song contains high frequency ticks interspersed amongst lower frequency pulses.