Clothing or material soiled by perspiration or food is more likely to attract crickets. The adult stage varies in length from 0.75 to 1 inch. In warm weather the house cricket can live outdoors, and is especially fond of garbage dumps. Male house cricket. Like the field cricket, the house cricket is driven indoors by cool temperatures.
All stages can live in buildings year-round.
House crickets normally are found in warm, dark places in buildings. Adults are attracted to lights at night. Their potential for damage indoors is about the same as for field crickets. They are dark reddish-brown to black in color and vary in length from 0.3 to 0.5 inch as adults. Male ground cricket.