Bug FAQSpotted Ground Cricket
Allonemobius maculatus · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Trigonidiidae
Also called: Larger Spotted Ground Cricket
The spotted ground cricket lives in North America. Its native range is also North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is native to North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 28 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Minnesota, Virginia, New York, Michigan.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Trigonidiidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allonemobius_maculatus
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.