Cricket

Acheta Domesticus

Also called house cricket, grows to about 20 mm long, straw yellow in color with leathery brown markings. Crickets are related to field crickets and grasshoppers, but are only capable of small jumps. They reproduce in hiding places in houses, especially where it is warm, damp and dark (cellars, kitchens, etc.). They hide there during the day and forage at night as omnivores. During the warm summer months, they often live outdoors and particularly like to breed in garbage dumps. From there they migrate into warm houses when it gets cooler. The damage caused by feeding is low, but infested food is soiled with excrement and empty larval skins. The chirping of the males is perceived as a nuisance.