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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) » Mahogany Jerusalem Cricket (Ammopelmatus Mahogany Jerusalem Cricket)
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Termite? Cricket? - Ammopelmatus
Copyright © 2011 wcamiller

Termite? Cricket? - Ammopelmatus
Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
June 16, 2011
Size: Approx .25 to .5 in.
Is this a termite? Found this insect crawling on some carpet I was tearing up.
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Contributed by wcamiller on 14 August, 2011 - 9:00pm
Last updated 29 January, 2016 - 5:32am

Moved
Moved from Jerusalem Cricket.
… David J. Ferguson, 29 January, 2016 - 5:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jerusalem Crickets.
… metrioptera, 21 September, 2013 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 31 August, 2011 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I'll start moving these from ID request more often
… Graham Montgomery, 31 August, 2011 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

not a termite is an Orthoptera
I tried to add this comment but it seems like it did not take.

It is not a termite. It is an Orthoptera and probably in the family Stenopelmatidae ("Jerusaleum Cricket").

See http://bugguide.net/node/view/154/bgpage
… sofiar, 14 August, 2011 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

Hi
It's a Jerusalem cricket(family Stenopelmatidae).
… Graham Montgomery, 14 August, 2011 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

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