Verge cricket
The verge cricket is a cricket from warm parts of Europe, Asia and North Africa. It is on the move: as the weather gets warmer, it is spreading further and further north. Like other crickets, it has long feelers and strong back legs for jumping.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
It lives in a long row of countries, from Portugal and Morocco all the way to China and Mongolia.
It came back to Poland after being missing there for many years.
In summer 2026 lots of them turned up in southern England, in Sussex, Kent and Dorset.
People have also brought it to Belgium and the Netherlands.
Most asked questions about Verge cricket
?Where does the verge cricket live?
In southern Europe, North Africa and large parts of Asia. It is now spreading north, even to England.
?Why is the verge cricket spreading north?
The world is getting warmer, so places further north are now warm enough for it.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis
- Group
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Family
- Gryllidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Orthoptera > Gryllidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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