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Variegated Cricket - Diestrammena japanica -

Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 23, 2013
Size: 4"

Not sure what this is, looks like a cricket? no noise heard. it was on the door jamb of a friends' house

Contributed by Doris Dorn on 23 August, 2013 - 6:35pm
Last updated 26 March, 2017 - 10:50am

Moved

Moved from Camel Crickets.

… David J. Ferguson, 25 September, 2013 - 9:31pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… metrioptera, 23 August, 2013 - 8:08pm

Camel Cricket?

It looks like a Camel Cricket of some type, Family Rhaphidophoridae. Maybe Genus Diestrammena?

There are only two species of crickets listed on Bugguide under that Genus:

Greenhouse Camel Cricket (Diestrammena asynamora)

And,

Japanese Camel Cricket (Diestrammena japanica)

Both are in your state.

However, I'm not much of a cricket expert and, I don't know enough about the differences to actually narrow it down for you. Therefore, give both of those a look and let me know what you think.

… Bill Myers, 23 August, 2013 - 7:01pm

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