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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Camel Crickets (Rhaphidophoridae) » Tropidischia » Tropidischia xanthostoma
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camel cricket - Tropidischia xanthostoma - male
Copyright © 2005 Ensatina

camel cricket - Tropidischia xanthostoma - Male
Columbia County, Oregon, USA
October 14, 2005
Size: body just under an inch
Found in Douglas fir forest on moss with six others, near a spring. Antenna four-inches long. Spider-like in movement, but can also hop. Can anyone help narrow it down to a specific camel cricket species?
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Contributed by Ensatina on 11 November, 2005 - 4:27pm
Last updated 13 November, 2005 - 2:21pm

photo #37075 identified
The camel cricket was positively identified by a professor I sent my photo to. It is: Tropidischia xanthostoma Scudder, family Gryllacrididae (cave,camel,and Jerusalem crickets). He said it is a Pacific Northwest species with no close relatives. A little-studied group, camel crickets generally have very long legs and antennas. They also don't fly.
… Ensatina, 13 November, 2005 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm envious:-)
I lived in Portland for years, and I never saw this critter, even in other parts of the state. I became aware of it when specimens turned up in 4-H collections at the state fair. In "How to Know the Grasshoppers....," Jacques Helfer states the common name to be the "square-legged camel cricket," and that individuals rarely exceed a legspan of eight (8) inches!
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 November, 2005 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Great!
I'll make a page for it.
… Lynette Schimming, 13 November, 2005 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

amazing
looking! My guess is something close to A cave cricket, Pristoceuthophilus sp. See this site at the bottom of the page.
… Lynette Schimming, 11 November, 2005 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

 
great pic
i get alot of these in my downstairs bathroom and i live in north carolina!! the only time i had ever seen a crickets like these were in caves, so i've been callin them cave crickets even though these have color, the cave dwelling kind are white from lack of light.
… Kat, 12 November, 2005 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

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