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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 » Pristoceuthophilus » Pristoceuthophilus cercalis
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Cockroach or Cricket ?? - Pristoceuthophilus cercalis - female
Copyright © 2012 Rhodes

Cockroach or Cricket ?? - Pristoceuthophilus cercalis - Female
Campbell River,British Columbia,Canada, British Columbia, Canada
January 1, 2012
Size: aprox length of $1 coin
Just moved into an older home. Found this on the kitchen floor. What is it, is it harmful to humans or cats? How do I get rid of it? I hope this "new to me" home isn't infested hahahaha.
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Contributed by Rhodes on 28 January, 2012 - 4:20am
Last updated 12 February, 2012 - 1:22am

Moved
Moved from Camel Crickets.
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… metrioptera, 29 January, 2012 - 7:19am login or register to post comments

Nice photo and Not a cockroach
most likely a Rhaphidophoridae or camel cricket of some sort. Totally harmless but do occasionally enter basements and homes.
… Shaun Michael, 28 January, 2012 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

Female Camel Cricket
They're pretty hard to identify to species from photos, but this one looks similar . It's not harmful to humans or cats.
… metrioptera, 28 January, 2012 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

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