House cricket
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 Male Acheta domestica
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| Acheta domesticus Linnaeus, 1758 [1] |
Acheta domesticus (house cricket) is a cricket native to Europe [2]. Both sexes of this grey or brown cricket are fully winged and can 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.
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- ^ Acheta domesticus (TSN 658893). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on July 6, 2007.
- ^ Thomas J. Walker (2007). Acheta domesticus. University of Florida.
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