Ant/termite-like insect - Grylloblatta

More specific location...

... due to the fact this is a special little critter. This was found at Silver Falls State Park and actually I saw a few of them lookin' around under bark. It was and is currently snowy over there and that area has a nice forest in which they can escape the heat of summer. The one photographed was found not too far from the upper South Falls I believe (maybe a 50-100ft higher than the river at the base of the falls). This is a foothill or low elevation forest.
Thanks for the ID, I thought it was an odd little bugger but didn't realize it was rare. Sweet!

… Mark Leppin, 15 December, 2008 - 11:50am

mighty sweet indeed --

thnx for extra info

… v belov, 15 December, 2008 - 12:02pm

Congratulations!

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… Sean McCann, 15 December, 2008 - 10:11am

Elevation?

Was this taken at high elevation? Based on v belov's ID these guys like cold. Or hate heat.

… John F. Carr, 15 December, 2008 - 6:29am

Grylloblatta sp. (Grylloblattodea: Grylloblattidae)

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game--set--match! New ORDER to BG!
(and you are among a very few people lucky enough to have photographed them. if i'm not mistaken, the first member of the order was discovered less than a hundred years ago. they are of orthopteroid stock.)
i've never seen one, and the pic isn't exactly good, but this is huge! [there is a guy around here who 'would kill to see a grylloblattid']

… v belov, 15 December, 2008 - 3:31am

Awesome, indeed

"[there is a guy around here who 'would kill to see a grylloblattid']". I think that a gal said those words : )

… Beatriz Moisset, 31 December, 2008 - 6:07pm

Awesome!!

Great to have shots of this order, definitely an overlooked group of insects.

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… George Waldren, 15 December, 2008 - 10:09am