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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) » Jerusalem Crickets (Stenopelmatidae) » Jerusalem Cricket (Ammopelmatus)
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What Is It? - Ammopelmatus
Copyright © 2008 anndee15

What Is It? - Ammopelmatus
Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah, USA
September 7, 2008
Size: 3 inches
Found dead in the dog's water dish.

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Contributed by anndee15 on 6 October, 2008 - 11:18am
Last updated 29 September, 2011 - 6:19pm

size is exaggerated
2 inches max. This one looks like about 1.5 inches, maybe a little more. If it is 3 inches, it is probably the largest one ever found, and that is the hand of a giant in the photo. :0)
… David J. Ferguson, 29 September, 2011 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

Jerusalem cricket.
Not a true cricket, but a relative. Not dangerous, mostly nocturnal. Can be host to something called a "horsehair worm" that drives the insect into water. The horsehair worm then emerges, awaiting its next host. Not sure if dogs are a host of these worms....
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 October, 2008 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

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