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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Camel Crickets (Rhaphidophoridae) » Ceuthophilinae » Ceuthophilus » Ceuthophilus variegatus
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Texas bug - Ceuthophilus variegatus - male
Copyright © 2015 jennilane

Texas bug - Ceuthophilus variegatus - Male
Poth, Wilson County, Texas, USA
July 6, 2015
Found while digging a hole in an area where a shed had just been removed. There were about 5 of these seen.
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Contributed by jennilane on 6 July, 2015 - 6:35pm
Last updated 20 March, 2016 - 10:46am

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… David J. Ferguson, 20 March, 2016 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

appears to be a young C. variegatus
However, C. pallidus is similar, related, and occurs in the region too.

Moved from Camel Crickets.
… David J. Ferguson, 20 March, 2016 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 6 July, 2015 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

Cave cricket
See here:http://bugguide.net/node/view/153
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… Hisserdude, 6 July, 2015 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

 
I had narrowed it down and th
I had narrowed it down and thought it must be related to the camel cricket. I couldn't find anything that had similar large spikes on the legs though, which seemed unique to me.
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