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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) » Aemodogryllinae » Diestrammena » Japanese Camel Cricket (Diestrammena japanica)
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Large cricket-like insect found in basement - Diestrammena japanica - female
Copyright © 2009 qanuta

Large cricket-like insect found in basement - Diestrammena japanica - Female
Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
June 23, 2009
Size: 2-3 inches
Found on the interior wall of my cool, dark, unfinished basement during the day. Bricks in wall are standard-size for reference. Looks like a cricket, but seems bigger, colored differently, and perhaps a little hairy even.
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Contributed by qanuta on 28 June, 2009 - 7:47pm
Last updated 25 September, 2013 - 9:33pm

Moved
Moved from Japanese Camel Cricket.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 September, 2013 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Camel Crickets.
… David J. Ferguson, 12 February, 2012 - 1:27am login or register to post comments

Wow-- fast, thanks.
Glad to hear they're fairly harmless. I'm also glad they don't seem to chirp like regular crickets. (Maybe there's only the one I found...)
… qanuta, 28 June, 2009 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
correct
They're all wingless, so they can't chirp. They can jump like crazy though!
… Andrew Meeds, 28 June, 2009 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

Camel Cricket
This is a type of camel cricket. You'll find them in basements, sheds, etc. quite often. They're pretty harmless.

(This one is a female by the way) you can tell from the ovipositor
… Andrew Meeds, 28 June, 2009 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

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