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Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by JuanDeDios: 2:00pm On Aug 10, 2025
Antwan99:
No, thats not cricket.

Cricket is the pix below.
It's a species of cricket. Cricket has many species.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by Blackskinman007(m): 2:00pm On Aug 10, 2025
No, thats not cricket.

Cricket is the pix below.

They are both cricket...this one you posted came from a rich family while that one is hustling on the street...
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by Raydemi: 2:00pm On Aug 10, 2025
It's a type of cricket,
I'm sure you know most animals have different breeds abi?
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by joachimnkenchor(m): 2:01pm On Aug 10, 2025
It's called
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Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by Nsexy333(m): 2:01pm On Aug 10, 2025
Antwan99:
No, thats not cricket.

Cricket is the pix below.
ok now, it's called house cricket or domestic cricket 😅😅😅😅.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by aikyg(m): 2:01pm On Aug 10, 2025
Jeon:
House cricket = acheta domestic.
The botanical name is actually Acheta domesticus.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by OndoRaph(op): 2:01pm On Aug 10, 2025
OGwales:
It is called chinge in my native language. Very delicious. My fellow northerner can relate
Chinge is different.

This is not chinge.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by Newbie2024(m): 2:02pm On Aug 10, 2025
It is called tropical house cricket. Scientific name is Gryllodes sigillatus.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by OndoRaph(op): 2:03pm On Aug 10, 2025
toprealman:
Guys Google made their image search FREE. Use it to your advantage!!!!
Thank you
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by OsinAmaka: 2:04pm On Aug 10, 2025
saintkel:
I think Igbos call it ntee.....jumps like a fleeing frog n I think it makes noise at night too
It is not NTEE, NTEE is cricket.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by PlutoChief: 2:04pm On Aug 10, 2025
Iteteleku in my language, it can make noise in the corner of your House.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by Ray07(m): 2:04pm On Aug 10, 2025
Antwan99:
No, thats not cricket.

Cricket is the pix below.
This live in the wild, underneath the ground while the other share your home with you. Both are cricket. grin

I hate the African Field Cricket. They can wake a whole neighborhood.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by Osanoghodua1: 2:05pm On Aug 10, 2025
It's a specie of cricket 🦗
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by Jeffy1206(m): 2:06pm On Aug 10, 2025
OndoRaph:
It's not a cricket. This one is not edible while crickets are.

The youngest of cricket is bigger than the most matured of this one.

They are not the same.
Oga na cricket be this. It's just in that family. House rat and bush rat no be rat all them be? 😕😕
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by ernesco0816517(m): 2:07pm On Aug 10, 2025
Nta:tam in ibio language, not edible down here.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by seunayantokun(m): 2:09pm On Aug 10, 2025
OndoRaph:
That's true. And crickets don't live with humans in rooms.

Crickets are even edible but that insect is not.
You might not want to eat it but it belongs to the cricket family. In Yorùbá, crickets are called 'ìrẹ̀' but this common member of the family can easily be found at home, in the bush, just everywhere conducive for it. It is called 'láʼntetè'. It is not like its seasonal cousin which we often eat here in Africa. If you want to try something, why not lay your hand on a good source of protein? However, the picture there looks like that of the commonly eaten one that is yet to fully develop.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by OndoRaph(op): 2:11pm On Aug 10, 2025
Jeffy1206:
Oga na cricket be this. It's just in that family. House rat and bush rat no be rat all them be? 😕😕
So because tiger, lion, cheetah belong to cat family, they should all be called cats.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by OndoRaph(op): 2:13pm On Aug 10, 2025
seunayantokun:
You might not want to eat it but it belongs to the cricket family. In Yorùbá, crickets are called 'ìrẹ̀' but this common member of the family can easily be found at home, in the bush, just everywhere conducive for it. It is called 'láʼntetè'. It is not like its seasonal cousin which we often eat here in Africa. If you want to try something, why not lay your hand on a good source of protein? However, the picture there looks like that of the commonly eaten one that is yet to fully develop.
No!
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by MatrixCircle: 2:16pm On Aug 10, 2025
It's a Cricket but in igbo it's nkoro grin
The big ones taste like termites when properly roasted .
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by 44Bulldog(m): 2:16pm On Aug 10, 2025
OndoRaph:
It's not a cricket. This one is not edible while crickets are.

The youngest of cricket is bigger than the most matured of this one.

They are not the same.
It's a specie of cricket

Just like we have different species of cockroaches and all
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by GABRIEL6036: 2:16pm On Aug 10, 2025
That's house cricket (Acheta domesticus) now 😎😎😎
I hate that insect noise heenhn
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by doncartel: 2:17pm On Aug 10, 2025
I remember one giant scorpion I saw on television. All black and big like a rat. I think it feeds on rats and lizards.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by OctavianAC(m): 2:21pm On Aug 10, 2025
toprealman:
Guys Google made their image search FREE. Use it to your advantage!!!!
Non of these botanical name dey work for this generation. Him pidgin name na house cricket derived from its native name "Urhobo: orherhe ra'gbon", meaning domestic cricket.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by 44Bulldog(m): 2:21pm On Aug 10, 2025
OndoRaph:
So because tiger, lion, cheetah belong to cat family, they should all be called cats.
Yes they're called big cats lil bro
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by jiz: 2:24pm On Aug 10, 2025
Opp why you remove one leg grin
OndoRaph:
This is one insect I don't know its name.

It's a noctunal insect that looks like a cricket but lives with humans in houses.

If you know its name, it might help not just me but someone else too.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by zedman1(m): 2:25pm On Aug 10, 2025
OGwales:
It is called chinge in my native language. Very delicious. My fellow northerner can relate
Kai, that's not chinge. Abi there's free mode on nairaland too where pictures aren't displayed like there is on facebook? Look at that image well, I think it belongs in the family of crickets but these ones aren't edible like the big ones found in the bush.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by Burruchaga71(m): 2:26pm On Aug 10, 2025
Antwan99:
No, thats not cricket.

Cricket is the pix below.
That is another species of Cricket
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by KosiGee(m): 2:29pm On Aug 10, 2025
OndoRaph:
It's not a cricket. This one is not edible while crickets are.

The youngest of cricket is bigger than the most matured of this one.

They are not the same.
It’s a cricket….it can also be called house cricket, cave cricket, camel cricket and spider cricket.
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by VEE2010(m): 2:30pm On Aug 10, 2025
Ukpukpaii
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by WYZAD(m): 2:31pm On Aug 10, 2025
House Cricket
Re: What's The Name Of This Insect? by illicit(m):
OndoRaph:
So because tiger, lion, cheetah belong to cat family, they should all be called cats.
Yes they are all cats

And this thing is a cricket too...
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