Can someone ID this insect?

[Fred P]

Just found this in my garage. What the heck is it?

 

[Brie]

AHHH OMG SEND IT TO ME! lol Its a Jerusalem Cricket, I ****** love those things! hehehe SO CUTE!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket

 

[kulamauiman]

jerusalem cricket
http://www.google.com/search?q=jerusalem+cricket&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

 

[amphirion]

that would make such good eats for a nepenthes.... XD

 

[LeafKirby]

Its a Jew

 

[Fred P]

Wow....2 hits in 3 minutes and 4 in 6 minutes. You guys are fast. Thanks for the quick responses....I knew this was the right group but I'll stick to growing CPs. Don't know my western US insects to well yet.

 

[Dexenthes]

Jerusalem cricket.... I hate those! They look so creepy. For some reason I have a disdain for members of the grasshopper/cricket family. It's those hind legs...

 

[Natalie]

Call it a potato bug, or people will know you're not from California.

 

[DragonsEye]

Fat sucker! My adult Ts, Emp. scorp, or centipede would love to have that for lunch!

 

[JennB]

If only Jerusalem Crickets could read! Imagine what the poor guy would think of this thread lol

I bet you'd love the lil scorps we find all over the place out here and these big beauties: /http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/05/07/giant-red-headed-centipede-from-texas/
Jenn

 

[DragonsEye]

Yep. Actually my centipede is a bit larger than that one. Impressive predators!

 

[NewspaperFort]

Call it a potato bug, or people will know you're not from California.

but it isn't a potato bug...

 

[Natalie]

Yes it is. Apparently in other parts of the country people use that term for beetles or woodlice, but in every part of California I've gone bugging in, born and raised Californians refer to Jerusalem crickets as potato bugs.

Also this: http://www.google.com/search?q=pota...ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&uss=1

It's a potato bug.

 

[pik]

potato bug being a common name, I wouldn't at all be surprised to find that people use the same name for several different species.

Also, "going bugging" hehe, I like it. Makes me wanna make a sign with a clock: "Gone Bugging, be back in..."

 

[NewspaperFort]

huh, considering I've never seen this cricket before, this surprises me.

silly Californians.

Potato bug may refer to:
Jerusalem cricket, an insect
Woodlouse crustacean, or more specifically, Armadillidiidae or pillbug