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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » Ant Crickets (Myrmecophilidae) » Myrmecophilus
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Please help identify. Pest control says it's not a roach - Myrmecophilus
Copyright © 2014 DDo

Please help identify. Pest control says it's not a roach - Myrmecophilus
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA
August 13, 2014
Can someone identify this bug? I've had pest control out twice, but both techs said it's not a roach; they suggested it might be some kind of cricket. We seem to catch them on glue boards around the front door. Just want to ensure I don't need to call out another pest control company. We don't have any evidence of roach activity in the house.
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Contributed by DDo on 13 August, 2014 - 12:02pm
Last updated 13 August, 2014 - 1:50pm

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… metrioptera, 13 August, 2014 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

ant cricket, genus Myrmecophilus
Probably this one:

Ant crickets are harmless and live inside ant nests.
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Thank you! That's exactly wha
Thank you! That's exactly what they look like. Puts my mind at ease.
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