http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/01/bug-of-the-month-january-2009-camel-cricket/ Are we experts yet? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:16:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/01/bug-of-the-month-january-2009-camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-956 bugman Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:55:48 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=13938#comment-956 Dear Artifact, This is a horsehair worm, an internal parasite of some Orthopterans. We have also gotten reports that they may parasitize some spiders. Dear Artifact,
This is a horsehair worm, an internal parasite of some Orthopterans. We have also gotten reports that they may parasitize some spiders.

]]> http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/01/bug-of-the-month-january-2009-camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-672 artifact Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:35:29 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=13938#comment-672 Hello, I was wondering if anyone can tell me if this is possible.....Ok, I have an old house with camel/cave crickets in my basement. Recently I had a rather large one make it's way upstairs to the living quarters. I gave it the controlled "step" down , disabling it so I could catch and kill it. Ok , that all happened as planned. What's next is totally bizarre! So I throw said carcass in the toilet bowl and go finish watching TV. I come back an hour later and there is this 4 or 5 inch long "worm" very thin with a tiny football shaped head swimming madly in my toilet bowl! So, did this come up somehow from my septic tank { highly unlikely in my opinion since it's never happen in 35 years of living here} or was it inside that monster Camel cricket??? any help would be appreciated!!! Hello, I was wondering if anyone can tell me if this is possible…..Ok, I have an old house with camel/cave crickets in my basement. Recently I had a rather large one make it’s way upstairs to the living quarters. I gave it the controlled “step” down , disabling it so I could catch and kill it. Ok , that all happened as planned. What’s next is totally bizarre! So I throw said carcass in the toilet bowl and go finish watching TV. I come back an hour later and there is this 4 or 5 inch long “worm” very thin with a tiny football shaped head swimming madly in my toilet bowl! So, did this come up somehow from my septic tank { highly unlikely in my opinion since it’s never happen in 35 years of living here} or was it inside that monster Camel cricket??? any help would be appreciated!!!

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