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POSSIBLE CRICKET - Ceuthophilus meridionalis - male

POSSIBLE CRICKET - Ceuthophilus meridionalis - Male
PELHAM, NIAGARA REGION, Ontario, Canada
July 10, 2012
Size: 2 INCHES, APPROX.
I was going to bed when I saw this critter hopping across the floor. At first I thought it was a cricket but upon closer inspection I decided he wasn't like any cricket I'd ever seen. He hopped like one, but he was different colours and appeared to have thorns on his back legs. He had tan on his body, except for his back which had a black pattern on it.

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POSSIBLE CRICKET - Ceuthophilus meridionalis - male POSSIBLE CRICKET - Ceuthophilus meridionalis - male POSSIBLE CRICKET - Ceuthophilus meridionalis - male

Moved
Moved from Ceuthophilus.

I didn't mean to move these twice, intended to put them
under genus Ceuthophilus the first time. Anyway, that is the genus to which this one belongs, but I'm not certain which species it is. There are a lot of very similar looking species in the genus, and they are often difficult to impossible to identify just from photos. However, there are probably only a few species in your area, so the next time I or somebody else goes through these, we may be able to decide which species yours is.

The three different views should help a lot. If you have one directly from the side, that may help too; and, one of the underside (especially if it shows the end of the abdomen clearly) would help - though I know that might be a difficult shot to take, these guys don't like being turned over, and don't stay that way easily. If you still have him, and are ambitious about it, you can chill him in the refrigerator, and then he'll stay pretty still for "poses" until he warms up.

Moved from Camel Crickets.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Camel Cricket
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