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'''''Acheta domesticus''''' ('''house cricket''') is a [[cricket (insect)|cricket]] native to [[Europe]] <ref>{{cite web |author=Walker TJ. |year=2007 |url=http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/crickets/adomest.html |title= House cricket, ''Acheta domesticus'' |publisher= ''Featured Creatures.'' [[University of Florida]]/ [[Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences|IFAS]] }}</ref>. Both sexes of this |
'''''Acheta domesticus''''' ('''house cricket''') is a [[cricket (insect)|cricket]] native to [[Europe]] <ref>{{cite web |author=Walker TJ. |year=2007 |url=http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/crickets/adomest.html |title= House cricket, ''Acheta domesticus'' |publisher= ''Featured Creatures.'' [[University of Florida]]/ [[Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences|IFAS]] }}</ref>. Both sexes of this gay or brown cricket are fully winged but can't fly. Originally from the [[Middle East]] and North [[Africa]] the insect is found in permanently heated buildings such as [[Bakery|bakeries]]. Its shrill warbling song is heard mainly at night. |
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It is sometimes used as food for captive reptiles, a cheaper-to-raise alternative to Gryllus (field crickets). |
It is sometimes used as food for captive reptiles, a cheaper-to-raise alternative to Gryllus (field crickets). |
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Acheta domesticus (house cricket) is a cricket native to Europe [2]. Both sexes of this gay or brown cricket are fully winged but can't fly. Originally from the Middle East and North Africa the insect is found in permanently heated buildings such as bakeries. Its shrill warbling song is heard mainly at night.
It is sometimes used as food for captive reptiles, a cheaper-to-raise alternative to Gryllus (field crickets).
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- ^ "Acheta domesticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. July 6.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - ^ Walker TJ. (2007). "House cricket, Acheta domesticus". Featured Creatures. University of Florida/ IFAS.
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