field cricket; large cricket-like insect
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field cricket (Teleogryllus spp.); large dark-brown cricket
technicalRefers to a specific type of cricket that is larger than the common house cricket, with a shiny black-brown body, large antennae, and the ability to chirp by rubbing its wings. It is nocturnal and feeds on beans, grains, and melons. Traditionally kept as a pet in some regions of China.
Xià夏
tiān天
de的
yè夜
wǎn晚
，
tián田
yě野
lǐ里
chuán传
lái来
yóu油
hú葫
lu芦
de的
jiào叫
shēng声
。
On summer nights, the chirping of field crickets can be heard throughout the fields.
Tā他
yǎng养
le了
yī一
zhī只
yóu油
hú葫
lu芦
dāng当
chǒng宠
wù物
。
He keeps a field cricket as a pet.
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Yóu油
hú葫
lu芦
hé和
xī蟋
shuài蟀
zhǎng长
de得
hěn很
xiàng像
，
dàn但
shì是
tǐ体
xíng型
gèng更
dà大
，
tǐ体
sè色
hēi黑
hè褐
yǒu有
yóu油
guāng光
。
Field crickets look very similar to house crickets, but are larger in size with a shiny black-brown body.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
kūn昆
chóng虫
zhòu昼
fú伏
yè夜
chū出
，
zhǔ主
yào要
yǐ以
dòu豆
lèi类
hé和
gǔ谷
lèi类
wéi为
shí食
。
This insect is nocturnal and feeds mainly on beans and grains.