tropical house cricket

Thanks for your detailed explanation. after reviewing the photos, Gryllodes sigillatus seemed like a perfect match. Also, I didn't know how to tell female from male crickets, thanks for the interesting fact! By the way your were right, I believed form the time I first found it that it wasn't native, it just didn't match the other crickets I've seen in the are.

hmm, it could be this one: Acheta domesticus or this one: Gryllodes sigillatus
Google image them and see which one looks more like yours. I suspect Acheta domesticus.

It's a female cricket. That stick out the back end is an 'ovipositor', meaning egg-positioner, for putting eggs in soft damp places. I don't know what species, but it looks a little like one of those indian crickets you can buy in boxes to feed pets? hmm