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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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Tropidischia xanthostoma? - Tropidischia xanthostoma
Copyright © 1969 Susan Wise-Eagle

Tropidischia xanthostoma? - Tropidischia xanthostoma
Wrangell, Alaska, Southeast Alaska Panhandle County, Alaska, USA
December 31, 1969
Size: >5 inches total
here's a photo from above with a tape measure. The twig marks the tip of the antennae. The abdomen may be shrunken due to dehydration or starvation.

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Contributed by Susan Wise-Eagle on 23 February, 2007 - 12:04am
Last updated 31 May, 2007 - 3:45pm

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets.
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 May, 2007 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

What else 'could' it be?
I know of no other camel cricket that even approaches the proportions that species does. Moving to guide page. Neat find!
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 May, 2007 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

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