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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Unidentified Naiads and Exuviae
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Cricket-like bug
Copyright © 2015 Jon Armstrong

Cricket-like bug
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
November 15, 2015
Size: 0.25 - 0.75"
I found a large number of these cricket-like bugs living in sludge in an aquaponics system at our local school (probably in excess of 30).

They are slow moving, and look like small Jerusalem crickets. The size ranged from about 0.25" to 0.75" long.

The top side of the bug appears black/brown, looks like dirt, but this is the actual color. The underside is light green to bright green. The bodies are soft, no hard shell.
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Contributed by Jon Armstrong on 15 November, 2015 - 6:07pm
Last updated 10 December, 2015 - 7:43pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 December, 2015 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

Dragonfly nymphs
Which species I can not say, I'm no dragonfly expert.
… Hisserdude, 15 November, 2015 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you. It hadn't crossed
Thank you. It hadn't crossed my mind that they could be nymphs. I'll start searching dragonflies.
… Jon Armstrong, 15 November, 2015 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
most likely a libellulid
This is most likely a larva of a member of the family Libellulidae.
… J. H. Epler, 16 November, 2015 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

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