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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea)
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Tiny mystery creature
Copyright © 2015 Taliabear

Tiny mystery creature
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Size: Less than 1cm
Extremely tiny insect found in shredded wood bedding in monitor lizard tank.
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Contributed by Taliabear on 19 September, 2015 - 3:47pm
Last updated 1 January, 2016 - 7:40am

Moved
Moved from Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids.

The legs are probably just at an angle that makes them appear a tad thinner than you expect, and one is tucked under on the side. It's definitely a cricket head.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 1 January, 2016 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 12 October, 2015 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

appears to be a very young cricket nymph
Maybe Acheta domesticus, the house cricket, the species commonly sold in pet stores as lizard food?
… metrioptera, 19 September, 2015 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
That was my first thought, bu
That was my first thought, but the rear legs didn't look right to me for a cricket...I am, obviously, not any sort of expert though. And the room HAS hosted adult crickets for lizard food.
… Taliabear, 22 September, 2015 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

 
looks quite a bit like these guys
… metrioptera, 24 September, 2015 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

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