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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) » Hump-winged Crickets (Prophalangopsidae) » Cyphoderris » Great Grig (Cyphoderris monstrosa)
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wood louse? - Cyphoderris monstrosa - female
Copyright © 2006 Bob Brett

wood louse? - Cyphoderris monstrosa - Female
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
August 13, 2006
Size: body = 2.5 cm (1")
Found in torpor outside house on fireplace vent screen. Closest similar image I could find was Eurycotis floridiana.
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Contributed by Bob Brett on 15 August, 2006 - 11:56am
Last updated 21 May, 2010 - 12:36am

Moved
Moved from Cyphoderris.
… David J. Ferguson, 12 October, 2009 - 12:44am login or register to post comments

Very cool!
You found a most interesting insect called a 'humpwinged grig.' They are most closely related to katydids and crickets, but are in a family all to themselves (Prophalangopsidae). The genus is Cyphoderris. Looks like this is a nymph, not sure which gender. They get a little larger than this. Nice find:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 August, 2006 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

 
hump-winged grig
Thanks for the quick ID. I just stumbled across this website -- what a fantastic idea! I'm new to insects and this provides a great educational service. Now I'm off to learn more about hump-winged grigs (never even heard of them before...). Bob.
… Bob Brett, 15 August, 2006 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

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