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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatidae) » Jerusalem Cricket (Ammopelmatus)
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Help me find out what this thing is!! - Ammopelmatus
Copyright © 2008 Adam

Help me find out what this thing is!! - Ammopelmatus
Oceanside/Camp Pendleton, San Diego County, California, USA
October 9, 2008
Size: approx 4"
I took this picture at night on my sidewalk. I am really curious if this thing is poisonous since I found it close to where my kids play.
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Contributed by Adam on 14 October, 2008 - 10:55pm
Last updated 18 October, 2008 - 1:28am

one i know!
Satan's foetus!
It's not poisonous, just really wierd looking.
They are also called Potato Bugs, and are famous.

They even have their own website.

Cool wee things

Jane
PS Little boys love these things, at least my kids did!
… Jane, 14 October, 2008 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

 
There are several common names...
along with 'potato bug'. Jerusalem Cricket is another and is used more on BugGuide.

Please see The Info Page.
… Ron M., 14 October, 2008 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

 
its a cricket
Also commonly called Jerusalem crickets "Stenopelmatus" genus. They are harmless.
… Karl Volkman, 14 October, 2008 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

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