Other Florida field and house crickets. The tropical house cricket is probably native to southwestern Asia but has been spread by commerce to tropical regions throughout the world. Life Cycle Like house crickets, there is no special overwintering stage and generations are continuous. Depending on the temperature, development from egg to adult takes two to three months. The tropical house cricket is a 13 to 18 mm long, light yellowish-brown, somewhat flattened cricket.
Males have wings that only half cover the abdomen and females are practically wingless.
Very rarely, a male or female has long wings that make them look like house crickets . In Florida, tropical house crickets are most frequently found outdoors in or near paved areas. When they move into buildings, as they occasionally do, their songs reveal their presence. Within a chirp, each pulse represents a closure of the wings while a scraper on one wing engages a toothed file on the other. Only males call.