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The mole cricket is part of the order Orthoptera, which includes grasshoppers and crickets. These critters can be found on every continent, sans Antarctica. They are considered a pest species of insect and are treated as such, via pesticides. Due to stable, yet decreasing, populations and worldwide distribution they are […]

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The camel cricket, aka kamado-uma, benjo korogi (toilet cricket), cave crickets, jumping wētā, cave wētā, camelback crickets, spider crickets, Hogan bugs, criders, sprickets, land shrimps, and sand treaders, can be found in mulch, woodpiles, wells, bathrooms, basements, and more. Native to east Asia, these crickets are found nearly worldwide. Due […]

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The Jerusalem cricket, aka potato bug or niño de la tierra “child of the earth”, is a large and flightless insect that is neither a cricket nor a true bug. They are also not native to Jerusalem. These insects hail from western United States and down into Mexico and Central […]

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The katydid, aka bush cricket or long-horned grasshopper, lives on every continent, sans Antarctica. There are more than 6,400 known species of these critters. They can tolerate a wide range of habitats from tropical to cool, dry temperate, and even hot desert environments. The katydid is an insect that is […]

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The armored cricket, aka koringkrieke, armored bush cricket, armored ground cricket, corn cricket, armored katydid, or setotojane, is an insect native to Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. These “crickets” are actually more closely related to katydids. They have a few tactics to deter predators. Including a nice bite. They […]

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With over 900 known species of cricket in the world, these insects are known not just for infesting our homes. Crickets are cherished in certain parts of the world as good luck symbols. These critters also help to tell the temperature and can even hear with their knees! They live […]

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