House crickets are insects that you can generally find anywhere outside. They have a simple eye, with one lens, as well as separate compound eyes, which have multiple lenses. Each cricket has a pair of palps near the mouth, as well as a long pair of antennae. On the dorsal side of the cricket are two pairs of wings, the hind wings and the fore wings. By rubbing these wings together, crickets can make chirping sounds due to the varying textures on the wings, but only male crickets can chirp. Another difference between male and female crickets is that only females have an ovipositor that projects from the tip of their abdomen. The ovipositor is used by the female to deposit eggs an is located between two cerci, paired appendages on the hind end of both male and female crickets.
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