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Potato Bugs, Wetas and Parktown PrawnsA Huge Ant?
Location: Zion National Park – The Grotto parking area (for Angel’s Landing Trail)
November 14, 2010 5:48 pm
I found this creature crawling in a parking lot this past week.
Signature: John
Potato Bug
Hi John,
This is a Potato Bug or Jerusalem Cricket.
Daniel,
I’ve never seen a potato bug 3-4 inches long. They must grow them bigger in Utah than “Colorado.”
John
Hi again John,
You may be confusing the Potato Bug with a Colorado Potato Beetle which is much smaller.
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