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Female Emma Field Cricket (Teleogryllus emma) on the floor. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Female Emma Field Cricket (Teleogryllus emma) on the floor.

Emma Field Cricket (Teleogryllus emma) is a member of the group of insects called field crickets classified under the family Gryllidae. They can be black, red or brown in color. While both sexes have very similar basic body structure, male-females have their own distinguishing features. Females can be identified by the presence of an ovipositor, a spike-like appendage on the hind end of the abdomen between two cerci (paired appendages usually on the rear-most segment of the body). This ovipositor allows the female to bury her fertilized eggs into the ground for protection and development. Males are distinguished from females by the absence of an ovipositor. Unlike females, however, males are able to produce sounds or chirps. Thus, males can be identified through sound while females cannot.