What kind of bug is this

[jamest0o0]

I'm in PA, found this decently sized cricket looking thing...

@Andee

 

[Replife]

It's obviously a cricket looking thing..duhh.lol

 

[Andee]

What kind of enviroment did you find it in? Looks like a species of cave cricket

 

[Whyte Monkee]

I know what that is, it is the devil insect. That's what it is.

 

[jamest0o0]

We'll I guess Pittsburgh can count as a cave? But on a serious note It was crawling on the back porch grill. Pretty big, thought it was a huge spider.

 

[Lostzen71]

Dubia-cricket hybrid?

 

[Whyte Monkee]

http://yourwildlife.org/2013/10/camel-cricket-manuscript-take-2/

This....?

Camel cricket species... I hate, hate, hate these things.

Why do they keep showing up on here...

 

[jamest0o0]

My first thought was camel cricket, but it's body was more level and not arched like the camso cricket.

 

[Andee]

it's a species of cave cricket, which is what a camel cricket is in general... They are found in damp humid enviroments

What I am guessing is it's a species of local (maybe not native) weta that are related to the camel crickets.

 

[Andee]

It may also be a juvenile ... not sure what these look like as juveniles

 

[MSMorgan]

To me it looks like a juvenile potato bug or Jerusalem cricket.

https://www.google.com/search?q=pic...QsAQIJw&biw=1093&bih=446#imgrc=wwSLZNEv1QNNTM:

http://ceventura.ucanr.edu/Gardening/Coastal/Landscape_578/Pests/Potato_Bug/

 

[AZChamFan]

Not a camel cricket, not a cave cricket, and not a Jerusalem cricket. It's a Raspy Cricket, or Carolina Leaf-roller ...... Camptonotus carolinensis.

Interesting insect - they roll leaves and fasten them with silk from glands in the mouth - used for shelter. They feed on aphids - you should add these to your bio-active setups James!!!

 

[jamest0o0]

Man if I would have know, I woulda grabbed him! I was having aphids issues recently.

 

[jamest0o0]

Funny, we always called roly-polys, potato bugs.

 

[Andee]

Omg they are so cute, the fact that they have such interesting mannerisms makes me love them even more

 

[jamest0o0]

Thats definitely what it was btw