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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » Ant Crickets (Myrmecophilidae) » Myrmecophilus » Oregon Ant Cricket (Myrmecophilus oregonensis)
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tiny cricket - Myrmecophilus oregonensis
Copyright © 2010 Lynette Elliott

tiny cricket - Myrmecophilus oregonensis
Tolt-MacDonald Park, King County, Washington, USA
June 26, 2010
Size: under 5 mm

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 9 December, 2010 - 11:15pm
Last updated 21 January, 2012 - 9:43pm

Moved
Moved from Myrmecophilus.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 January, 2012 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks David.
Thanks David.
… Lynette Elliott, 22 January, 2012 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

Location implies it should be M. oregonensis.
pale color implies perhaps it should be a nymph (but adults are rarely over 4 mm long, usually closer to 3 mm). M. manni is supposed to be pale, but it is "supposed" to be east of the Sierras.
… David J. Ferguson, 12 December, 2010 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Size - on tiny cricket
That size is very estimated. All I remember is that it was under 5 mm. So that can be anywhere from 1-4.5 mm.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 December, 2010 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

You lucky duck- I've always w
You lucky duck- I've always wanted to find one of these- my favorite crickets.
… J. Anderson, 10 December, 2010 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I had no idea what it was when I found it. I thought it must be a young cricket of some kind. In 7 years of looking for bugs this is the first time I've seen one.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 December, 2010 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

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