Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis
| Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllidae |
| Genus: | Eumodicogryllus |
| Species: | E. bordigalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis Latreille, 1804 | |
Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis, also known as the verge cricket, is a cricket found in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Distribution
This species is widely distributed across the Palearctic region. Its native range includes Afghanistan (western), Albania, Algeria (northern), Armenia, Austria (eastern), Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Xinjiang), Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic (southern), Egypt (northern), France (including Corsica), Georgia, Germany (southwestern), Greece (including mainland, Crete and Aegean Islands), Hungary, Iran, Iraq (northern and central), Israel, Italy (including mainland, Sicily, and Sardinia), Jordan, Kazakhstan (southern), Lebanon, Libya (northern),Moldova (southern), Mongolia (southern), Montenegro, Morocco (northern), North Macedonia, Pakistan (southern), Palestine, Poland (southern) Portugal (including mainland and Azores), Romania, Russia (central, southern and eastern European Russia), Saudi Arabia (northern), Serbia, Slovakia (southern), Slovenia, Spain (including mainland, Balearic Islands, and Canary Islands), Switzerland (northwestern), Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine (southern and eastern), and Uzbekistan. The species has also been introduced to Belgium and the Netherlands.[1][2]
It is expanding its range northwards with global warming, and has recolonised Poland after being absent since single records in 1952 and 2002.[3] An influx in southern England in summer 2026 saw records in Sussex, at Dungeness in Kent, and at Portland Bird Observatory in Dorset.[4]
References
- 1 2 "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 23 December 2018.
- ↑ "Verge Cricket (Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis)". iNaturalist.
- ↑ Liana, Anna; Wawer, Wioletta (2019-06-01). "New data on the occurrence and macroptery of Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis (Latreille, 1804) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in Poland and in other parts of the species range" (PDF). Polish Journal of Entomology. 88 (2): 137–148. doi:10.2478/pjen-2019-0011. ISSN 2299-9884. Retrieved 2026-08-15.
- ↑ "Portland Bird Observatory (@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social)". Bluesky Social. 2026-08-10. Retrieved 2026-08-15.