English, Chinese, Latin, Swedish & Japanese names
for some of the more popular singing Crickets kept
in
China & Japan.
中國鳴蟲
Smaller crickets (trigs) (sizes are between 0,8 and 1,3 cm) like:
Small Yellow Bell | 小黃鈴 | Xiao huangling | Anaxipha pallidula Matsumura [jap. sp. Natula pallidula ?] |
Liten gul bjällra | カヤヒバリ | Kaya-hibari | Lark |
Large Yellow Bell | 大黃鈴 | Da huangling | Anaxipha sp. [jap. sp. Natula matsuurai ?] |
Stor gul bjällra | キンヒバリ | Kin-hibari | Golden Lark |
Golden Bell | 金鈴 | Jinling | Svistella bifaciata, [prev. Paratrigonidium bifasciatum Shiraki] |
Guldbjällra | クサヒバリ 草雲雀 | Kusa-hibari* | Grass Lark |
Chinese Ink Bell Redlegged Ant Bells |
墨鈴 紅蟻鈴 |
Moling Hong yiling |
Homeoxipha lycoides Walker, [Homeoxipha obliterata - jap] |
Tuschbjällra | ヤマトヒバリ | Yamato-hibari | Yamato Lark |
Longevity Bell | 壽鈴 | Shouling | Långt liv bjällra | ||||
Stone Bell | 石鈴 | Shiling | Ornebius kanetataki Matsumura | Stenbjällra | カネタタキ | Kanetataki | Bell-ringer |
Slightly larger crickets (tree-crickets) (sizes are between 1,4 to 3,5 cm) like:
Many of the fighting crickets are also kept for their beautiful singing:
Bush & Ground Cricket (sizes are between 2,2 - 6,5 cm) like:
Fighting Cricket | 鬥蟋 | Douxi | Velarifictorus aspersus, | クチナガコオロギ | Kuchinaga koorogi | ||
蛐蛐兒 | Ququ'er | Velarifictorius micado | ツヅレサセコオロギ | Tsuzuresase koorogi | |||
Velarifictorius ornatus | コガタコオロギ | Kogata korogi | |||||
Coffinpoles | 棺宰榜子 | Guanzai bangzi | Loxoblemmus doenitz | ミツカドコオロギ | Mitukado koorogi | ||
Loxoblemmus magnatus | オオオカメコオロギ | Oookame korogi | |||||
Loxoblemmus campestris | ハラオカメコオロギ | Haraokame koorogi | |||||
Loxoblemmus sylvestris | モリオカメコオロギ | Moriokame koorogi | |||||
Loxoblemmus aomoriensis | タンボオカメコオロギ | Tanbookame koorogi | |||||
Modicogryllus siamensis | タンボコオロギ 別名 イチモンジコオロギ |
Tanbo koorogi | |||||
Mitius minor | クマコオロギ | Kuma koorogi | |||||
Comidogryllus nipponensis | ヒメコオロギ | Hime koorogi | |||||
Hearthhorse Cricket | 灶馬蟋 | Zaomaxi | Gryllodes sigillatus | Spishästsyrsa | カマドコオロギ | Kamado koorogi | |
Oily Calabash | 油葫蘆 | Youhulu (onomatopoetic) | Gryllus mitratus Burmeister‚ (jap. Teleogryllus emma) |
Oljekalebass | エンマコオロギ | Emma koorogi | |
花鏡油葫蘆 雙斑大蟋 |
Huajing youhulu, Shuangban daxi |
Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer | フタホシコオロギ | Futahoshi koorogi | |||
Taiwan Oily Calabash | Teleogrylus ocipitalis | ウメタテコオロギ | Taiwan Emma koorogi | ||||
Peanut Cricket | 花生大蟋 | Huasheng daxi | Tarbinskiellus portentosus | ||||
Iron Cricket | 磬鈴 鐵彈子鐵蟋 |
Qingling, Tietanzi, Tiexi |
Scleropterus ooriaeeus | ||||
Little Mountain Bell, Red Peony |
云南小山鈴紅牡丹 | Yunnan xiao shanling, Hong mudan |
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Old Mi Mouth | 溫州老咪嘴 | ||||||
Acheta domesticus | Hussyrsa | ウメタテコオロギ | Umetate koorogi |
Some still larger individuals are also kept both for their singing and colourful variations in shape and form
The Katydids (sizes are between 3,5 - 6,5 cm)
Katydid | 蟈蟈兒 | Guoguo'er | Gampsocleis gratiosa, |
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Iron armoured Katydid | 鐵被蟈蟈 | Tiepi guoguo | Gampsocleis gratiosa, | Järnskinns vårtbitare | Kirigirisu | ||
Older Brother Summer | 夏哥哥 | Xia gege | Gampsocleis gratiosa, G sadakovii obscura |
Storebror Sommar | |||
The Weaver | 紡織娘 | Fangzhiniang | Mecopoda elongata Linneus | Spinnerskan | |||
Older Sister, Grip Mouth, Lucky |
姐兒 扎嘴 吉兒 |
Jie'er, Zhazui Ji'er |
Uvarovites inflatus Uvarov | Stora Syster, Gripnäbb, Lyckan |
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