Crickets, as members of family Gryllidae, are similar in appearance to grasshoppers and their more gregarious siblings, the locusts. As a family within order Orthoptera (which means "straight-wing") the members of this grouping have long hind legs for jumping, hardened forewings, appendages at the tip of their abdomen that are unsegmented, and a pronotum (neck region) with "large descending lobes" (according to bugguide.net).
Furthermore, the defining characteristic of Crickets (suborder Ensifera) is its "stridulated" forewings, which are what allows male crickets to "sing."
Furthermore, the defining characteristic of Crickets (suborder Ensifera) is its "stridulated" forewings, which are what allows male crickets to "sing."
The image to the left demonstrates the seasonal life cycle of the cricket.
The phases include:
Nymph, Instar, and Adult. Therefore, the cricket is hemimetabolous, only possessing partial metamorphosis and no pupal stage.