Male And Female Crickets. Another difference is that only female crickets have long thin tubes at the end of their abdomens, which they use for laying eggs. Males wings will be shorter and a bit sturdier and have a few key structural differences which will allow you to differentiate between them.

When offered a simultaneous choice between playbacks, both males and females preferred calls with long bouts to those with short bouts. These key differences are actually why male crickets chirp. Body size and shape females are more likely to be larger than males, especially when the females carry eggs in their abdomen.