House cricket

House cricket
	Male Acheta domesticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Family:	Gryllidae
Subfamily:	Gryllinae
Genus:	Acheta
Species:	A. domesticus
Binomial name
	Acheta domesticus; Linnaeus, 1758

Acheta domesticus (house cricket) is a cricket native to Europe ^[2]. Both sexes of this grey 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).

Notes

^ "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. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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[1] "Acheta domesticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. July 6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

[2] Walker TJ. (2007). "House cricket, Acheta domesticus". Featured Creatures. University of Florida/ IFAS. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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