1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Teleogryllus commodus (Walker, 1869) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae: Gryllini) Common Name Black Field Cricket Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141413 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Black Field Cricket(Teleogryllus commodus) Updated on 5/4/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141413 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Field Crops and Pastures, Horticulture Commodity Type: Cucurbitaceous produce Distribution: 0 Unknown Status: NZ - Exotic Groups: Crickets, Grasshoppers & Weta Host Family: 0 Unknown Pest Status: 0 Unknown 2.4. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** Harp with 3 and very often with 4 veins. **Male**: file with 180-200 teeth; body length to end of forewings 28- 35 mm; femur III length 11.6-13.5 mm; forewing length 12-15.5 mm; cercal length 10-12 mm. **Female**: ovipositor 1.39-1.62 times as long as femur III; body length to end of hindwing 29-35 mm; femur III length 11.5-13 mm. **References** - Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. (1983). _Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)_. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 477 pp. 2.5. References - Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. (1983). _Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)_. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 477 pp. 3. Diagnostic Images ORT10 ORT10 Dorsal - Nymph: Caroline Harding MAF Foreleg - Nymph: Caroline Harding MAF ORT10 ORT10 Headfront - Nymph: Caroline Harding MAF Hindleg - Nymph: Caroline Harding MAF ORT10 ORT10 Lateral - Nymph: Caroline Harding MAF Wing - Nymph: Caroline Harding MAF Results Generated: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 .