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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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Ugly Striped Bug - Stenopelmatus
Copyright © 2006 mshaffer

Ugly Striped Bug - Stenopelmatus
San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
October 1, 2006
Size: 2 inches
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Contributed by mshaffer on 29 October, 2006 - 6:59pm
Last updated 6 November, 2006 - 3:13pm

looks like
a Jerusalem Cricket.. search this in the guide and compare.. I have been dying to see one of these in person!

Charles
… Charles Weber, 29 October, 2006 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Want more info on these creatures?
Check Bob Allen's website:
http://homepage.mac.com/bugbob/askdoctorbug/stenopelmatus.html
… Ron Hemberger, 29 October, 2006 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

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