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House Cricket - Acheta domesticus - male
Copyright © 2007 Robert L. Pearson

House Cricket - Acheta domesticus - Male
Skull Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
May 4, 2007

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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 20 May, 2007 - 10:13pm
Last updated 18 December, 2008 - 12:10pm

Just a quick comment
for anyone looking at this one and confused by the apparent ovipositor. It is a boy, and if you look closely, the dark line back from the abdomen is really a shadow cast by the long wings.
… David J. Ferguson, 18 December, 2008 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

uhg!
I hate when my blurping connection makes double the same comment. Deleting one.
… David J. Ferguson, 18 December, 2008 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

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