Acheta domesticus, commonly called the house cricket, is a species of cricket most likely native to Southwestern Asia, but between 1950 and 2000 it became the standard feeder insect for the pet and research industries and spread worldwide. They can be kept as pets themselves, as this has been the case in China and Japan.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of House Cricket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Acheta hispanicus
- Modicogryllus consobrinus
- Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis
- Svercacheta siamensis
- Miogryllus verticalis
- Eugryllodes escalerae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Gryllidae
- Genus
- Acheta
- Species
- Acheta domesticus
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