Field cricket nymph (likely)

Grasslands, lawns, gardens, crop margins, and areas beneath debris or stones. Adults often enter buildings at night, especially near lights.

Mostly omnivorous, eating grasses, seeds, fungi, decaying plant matter, and small insects or eggs. It usually feeds at night.

This pale individual appears to be a recently molted nymph; its soft body will darken and harden. Crickets are primarily nocturnal, hide by day, and mature through incomplete metamorphosis without a pupal stage.

Generally harmless to people and does not bite unless handled. It contributes to decomposition and serves as prey for birds, reptiles, amphibians, and predatory insects; large populations can nibble garden plants.