Field cricket

Description:

Field Crickets make homes in the ground, in tall grass, or even piles of organic lawn debris. They jump away from perceived danger, but sometimes that means right onto your legs if you're walking through their habitat. They are completely harmless and bounce off as soon as they land. The sensation of being touched tends to startle people

Habitat:

The field cricket is found abundantly in a great variety of habitats including fields and lawns, forest edges, mature forests, caves, damp basements, around plumbing, and even in outhouses and occurs over a wide geographic range which includes most of the eastern and midwestern United States.