Naming
Gryllus locorojo had previously been adopted by cricket farms under the assumption that it was Gryllus assimilis (of Jamaican origin) and has been traded widely under that name, with corresponding vernacular names, but Weissman & Gray (2012) showed that this was based on mis-identification and described the species under a scientific name derived from their working moniker "crazy red".
Distribution
It is generally thought to be a bad idea to use exotic crickets in the pet-feeder trade as these easily escape and could possibly cause great harm to native or cultivated crops or could wipe out native cricket populations, either by competition or by introducing viruses or other diseases. Gryllus locorojo has been shown to carry the virus that wiped out the House Cricket in a high percentage of individuals, but is not affected by this itself.In spite of that the pet-feeder trade has shipped this species over most of the world by now and many still think they are actually breeding Gryllus assimilis (which is native to at least a small part of the USA).
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Weissman et al. (2012) Billions and billions sold: Pet-feeder crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae), commercial cricket farms, an epizootic densovirus, and government regulations make for a potential disaster:http://www.csun.edu/~dgray/pdfs/pet-feeder%20crickets.pdf
