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Cricket Sounds

Hear how different crickets sound: Texas Trilling Cricket, Fall Field Cricket, Southeastern Field Cricket, Japanese Burrowing Cricket and more. Play, loop or download each recording.

8 sounds · free MP3 download · free to use

Cricket Sounds

  1. Texas Trilling Cricket

    Gryllus texensis, recorded in TX, USA, 2024.

    CC BY 4.0 · Credit: Alessandro Franchini, CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist

    0:13MP3

  2. Fall Field Cricket

    Gryllus pennsylvanicus, recorded in MA, USA, 2024.

    CC BY 4.0 · Credit: Matt Pelikan, CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist

    0:12MP3

  3. Southeastern Field Cricket

    Gryllus rubens, recorded in Louisiana, US, 2018.

    CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

    0:08MP3

  4. Japanese Burrowing Cricket

    Velarifictorus micado, recorded in NY, US, 2021.

    CC BY 4.0 · Credit: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist

    0:20MP3

  5. Tropical House Cricket

    Gryllodes sigillatus, recorded in CA, USA, 2021.

    CC BY 4.0 · Credit: Kyle Eaton, CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist

    0:13MP3

  6. Spring Field Cricket

    Gryllus veletis, recorded in CO, USA, 2024.

    CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

    0:13MP3

  7. Field cricket

    Singing a field cricket. Present in France, the field cricket digs a hole in the sunny plains and sings to seduce the female.

    CC0 1.0 · BigSoundBank

    0:37MP3

  8. Crickets

    Sound Library - Crickets

    Public domain · National Park Service

    0:23MP3

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Questions

Can I use these cricket sounds in a YouTube video or a paid project?

Yes. Every clip here is CC0, public domain or CC BY, and all of those allow use in monetised videos, podcasts, games, apps and client work, with no fee and no need to ask.

Do I need to give credit for these cricket sounds?

Only for four of the eight clips, the ones marked CC BY 4.0. Put the credit line in your description or end credits, for example "Texas Trilling Cricket, Alessandro Franchini, CC BY 4.0", "Fall Field Cricket, Matt Pelikan, CC BY 4.0" and "Japanese Burrowing Cricket, Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY 4.0". The other four need no credit.

Do all crickets sound the same?

No. Each species has its own calls, which is why this page has six of them: Texas Trilling Cricket, Fall Field Cricket, Southeastern Field Cricket, Japanese Burrowing Cricket, Tropical House Cricket and Spring Field Cricket. If you are trying to name one you heard, start with the species found near you.

Do these sound like American cricket sounds?

Not all of them. One is a European recording ("Japanese Burrowing Cricket") and the description says where, so check it if your scene is set in the US.