| House cricket | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllidae |
| Genus: | Acheta |
| Species: | A. domesticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acheta domesticus | |
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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.[2][3] They can be kept as pets themselves, as this has been the case in China and Japan.[4]
- ^ "Acheta domesticus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ Walker TJ. (2007). "House cricket, Achetus domesticus". Featured Creatures. University of Florida/IFAS.
- ^ Galloway, Vickie (January 1998). "Raising Crickets". Scarabogram (213). Scarabs: The Bug Society: 2–3. Archived from the original on 2004-06-23. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ^ Kulzer, Louise (March 1998). "House Crickets". Scarabogram (215). Scarabs: The Bug Society: 2–4. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-08.