Cuban Ground Cricket

Neonemobius cubensis · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Trigonidiidae

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Cuban Ground Cricket
Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY

Males that have mated may show damage to their tibial spurs. This cricket is found in the Caribbean.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Males that have mated previously often have damaged tibial spurs.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in the Caribbean region.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is the Caribbean.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 11 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, South Carolina, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Cuban Ground Cricket photo 2
Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY
Cuban Ground Cricket photo 3
Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY
Cuban Ground Cricket photo 4
Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY
Cuban Ground Cricket photo 5
Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY

Same family (Trigonidiidae)

Red-headed Bush CricketRed-headed Bush CricketPhyllopalpus pulchellusWood CricketWood CricketNemobius sylvestrisStriped Ground CricketStriped Ground CricketAllonemobius fasciatusCarolina Ground CricketCarolina Ground CricketEunemobius carolinusColumbian TrigColumbian TrigCyrtoxipha columbianaCommon TrigCommon TrigTrigonidium cicindeloides

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonemobius_cubensis

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-29 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-29.

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