Crickets are a species of insect in the order Orthoptera. Many species are well known for their chirping songs, which they create by rubbing parts of their wings together. They are quite often seen in popular literature as anthropomorphic characters and are also kept as pets in many countries such as China.

The term cricket is popularly used for any cricket-like insect in the Orthopteran sub-order Ensifera.

Species

• ensiferid
• gryllid (True crickets)
• field_cricket
• european_field_cricket
• fall_field_cricket
• jamaican_field_cricket
• house_cricket
• Other types
• ant_cricket
• camel_cricket (Cave crickets)
• jerusalem_cricket
• katydid (Bush crickets)
• mole_cricket

All these insects have four tarsal segments and are probably more closely related to each other than they are to the true crickets, Gryllidae.

Fictional Characters

• disney
• pinocchio
• jiminy cricket

Not to be confused with

• The sport of Cricket.

See also

• arthropod
• insect
• orthopterid
• ensiferid
• cricket
• gryllid (True crickets)
• field_cricket
• house_cricket
• katydid
• weta
• camel_cricket (Cave weta, or cave cricket)
• grasshopper
• locust