Formerly widespread in
heated premises such as hospitals and bakeries, even
found underground in coal mines. The non-native House Cricket now occurs
only very occasionally, with the
most recent records coming from Beeston in 2003, Upper Saxondale
c2006 and Ruddington in 2011. We have had odd records from the vicinity
of our house at Market Warsop over the past 30 years, including this one
which appeared in late March 2019. Most recent county records are likely
escapees, as this species is very commonly used as live food for some
exotic pets. |