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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatidae) » Jerusalem Cricket (Stenopelmatus)
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Jerusalem Cricket? - Stenopelmatus
Copyright © 2009 cwmelton

Jerusalem Cricket? - Stenopelmatus
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
October 9, 2009
Elevation 5,000. ft.
Oak-Juniper Woodland.
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Contributed by cwmelton on 10 October, 2009 - 3:57pm
Last updated 23 October, 2009 - 7:22pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 23 October, 2009 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

maybe "Mahogany Jerusalem Cricket"
Apparently there are some dark ones waiting to be described. Check out this post.

… Andrew Williams, 10 October, 2009 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

Jerusalem Cricket
Yes, you have a Jerusalem Cricket (Stenopelmatus). Check out guide pages and you will see color morphs which may be due to age. By the way size really helps the experts.
… Peter Devereaux, 10 October, 2009 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

hmmm
looks like a New Zealand Weta!

http://www.methodshop.com/picts/bigbugs/giantweta2.jpg

little dark to be a j cricket. They are light brown.
… Laurencia7, 10 October, 2009 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

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