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So Cal Large Grasshopper/Beetle? What is it? - Stenopelmatus
Copyright © 2005 Elena Kuiper

So Cal Large Grasshopper/Beetle? What is it? - Stenopelmatus
Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
November 23, 2005
Size: 2inches
We found this bug near our house. We have never seen this before. Please tell us what it is.
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Contributed by Elena Kuiper on 24 November, 2005 - 5:59pm
Last updated 19 December, 2005 - 12:52pm

Looks like a
Potato Bug a.k.a. Jerusalem Cricket.
… Jonathan Burishkin, 24 November, 2005 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you -- we just found th
Thank you -- we just found the answer on UC Riverside's website.
… Elena Kuiper, 24 November, 2005 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

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