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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 » Sand-treader Crickets (Ammobaenetes)
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Camel cricket - Ammobaenetes - female
Copyright © 2008 Eric C. Maxwell

Camel cricket - Ammobaenetes - Female
Clark County, Nevada, USA
May 14, 2008
I found plenty of these when I was out blacklighting for scorpions this night. Found in an area of well-vegetated sand dunes. Most of the ones I saw seemed to be female.

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Camel cricket under black light - Ammobaenetes - female Camel cricket - Ammobaenetes - female
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Contributed by Eric C. Maxwell on 19 May, 2008 - 2:20am
Last updated 26 September, 2010 - 11:23pm

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Moved from Camel Crickets.
… David J. Ferguson, 26 September, 2010 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

Sand-treader.
This is a "sand-treader," perhaps Macrobaetes valgum, but I can't be positive. Might even be something undescribed. Only recently have dune ecosystems been getting the attention they deserve. You should e-mail your images to Dr. Dave Lightfoot at the University of New Mexico, as he is a leading authority on orthopterans, albeit a very busy guy (so be patient if you should choose to contact him).
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 May, 2008 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Re: Sand-treader
I would be happy to e-mail him my images. I also collected a number of these (and can collect additional specimens) if you/he are interested in seeing actual specimens. Feel free to send me a private e-mail with his e-mail address.
… Eric C. Maxwell, 19 May, 2008 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

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