British Field Crickets are very rare in England and it is believed that they can only be found if certain sites in West Sussex. In 2003 these crickets could only be found on the Arundel Castle cricket ground in West Sussex and the reason they survived there was because of the bare patches of grass the spectators created in the banks when watching cricket. Very young crickets need to burrow deep into the ground to survive the winter so the bare patches allowed the young crickets to do this.

The British Field Cricket is about two centimetres in length and has a shiny black body with a yellow-orange marking on its back. This cricket can’t fly because it only has two forewings and no hindwings. The forewings are either a dark brown or black colour with a yellow-orange marking at the base.

British Field Crickets can often be heard before they are seen, particularly at night when the males want to attract females. The males often sing in front of their burrows and they produce different songs by rubbing their hind legs very quickly against their forewings. This action is called 'stridulation'.