Size: 1/2 to 1 1/8” Shape: Color: Typically black Field Crickets can damage or destroy vegetation, such as vegetable gardens or fields with crops. They sometimes enter homes and may cause damage to soiled fabrics, leather and fur garments that have food deposits or juices, even perspiration on them. This species of Crickets prefer to live outdoors and will not survive very long indoors. Field Crickets lay their eggs in warm, damp soil. They feed on plants, seeds, insects (dead or alive) such as moths, butterflies, flies even grasshopper eggs and on their own kind. Prevention: Mowing … [Read more...]