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Camel/cave/stone cricket Various, mostly Ceuthophilus spp. Insect/Orthoptera/Gryllacrididae Simple |
INTRODUCTION. Camel crickets get their common name because of their humpbacked appearance, the cave cricket group because of being commonly found in caves, and the stone cricket group probably because they are often found under stones. They are widespread in the United States and in the world.
RECOGNITION. Adults about 1/2-1/4in (12-33 mm) in body length with females ovipositor (egg laying structure) often exceeding half its body length. Color light to dark brown, often mottled with lighter or darker areas. Antennae threadlike, much longer than body, with basal segments touching or nearly so. Wingless. Hind femora typically about as long as body, hind tibiae often longer. Without sound producing structures.
Nymphs similar to adults except smaller and lack an ovipositor (females).
HABITS. Outdoors around buildings, they are typically found in cool, moist situations such as under mulch, stones, railroad ties, woodpiles, debris, etc. They are nocturnal or active at night and hide during the day. Other places they can be found around homes are in wells, drainage culverts/pipes, under A/C units or their concrete pads, sheds, etc. Indoors, they can become problems in damp basements, utility rooms, crawl spaces, garages, and occasionally in attics. They often invade structures when it becomes hot and dry outside.
Indoors, C. pallidus has been found eating holes in lace curtains, whereas C. maculatus has been observed feeding on clothes hung out on a washline. Ceuthophilus utahenis has been known to become so numerous in wells that their dead bodies polluted the water.
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