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Camel Cricket

Posted by December 16th, 2009 at 11:15 pm

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Crickets, Camel Crickets and Mole Crickets

Bug jumps sideways and is very aggresive
December 13, 2009
Saw this bug in our garage in Boonville Mo. We have seen three of them in the last month. They look like a crossbrede between a grasshopper and a spider and are very aggressive it tried to attack my wife
John Schaefer
Boonville, Mo.

Camel Cricket

Camel Cricket

Dear John,
Though it looks frightening, the Camel Cricket is perfectly harmless.  Camel Crickets are also called Cave Crickets, and they like damp, dark places like basements where they will feed on a variety of things, including cloth and newspaper.

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