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Acheta domestica femelle🦗

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SpeciesOrthopteraGryllidae
Arthropods

🦗House cricket

Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Le grillon domestique ou grillon comestible (Acheta domesticus) est une espèce d'orthoptères appartenant à la famille des Gryllidae, utilisée dans l'alimentation humaine et animale. On le rencontre dans toute l'Europe occidentale où il ne peut durablement se maintenir que dans les habitations ou dans des stations du métro. Consommé par l'homme dans de nombreuses régions du monde, il est particulièrement riche en protéines, en vitamine B12 et pauvre en lipides. En Occident, il est notamment utilisé sous forme de farine de grillon tandis qu'en Asie il est couramment consommé entier. En dehors des grands élevages industriels, il s'élève également très facilement à petite échelle, dans de petites structures familiales ou individuelles.

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Acheta domestica, house-cricket
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderOrthoptera
  5. ›familyGryllidae
  6. ›genusAcheta
  7. ›speciesAcheta domesticus
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderGrasshoppers & crickets · Orthoptera
  3. familyGryllidae
  4. genusAcheta
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderGrasshoppers & crickets · Orthoptera
  7. suborderEnsifera
  8. infraorderGryllidea
  9. superfamilyGrylloidea
  10. familyGryllidae
  11. genusAcheta
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Heimchen (de), kotisirkka (fi), Acheta domesticus (fr), Huiskrekel (nl), Grilo-doméstico (pt), Świerszcz domowy (pl) … and 19 more languages
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