At the end of summer, you can't help but notice crickets. When you go outside at night, you'll hear them. The most common cricket that we see in Minnesota is the Field Cricket. Crickets have long antennae. They also have wings that they keep folded over the side of their body.
Female crickets have long, spear-shaped ovipositers that they use to lay eggs.
Crickets belong to the order Orthoptera. The insects in this order all have big hind legs that let them jump. Crickets are also nocturnal, meaning they sleep during the day and look for food and do cricket stuff at night. Only male crickets sing, and they sing to attract a female cricket for a mate. They make their chirping song by either rubbing their wings together, or rubbing a leg against a wing.