Comments on: Camel Cricket http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/ A Field Guide to the North Side of Old Mill Hill, Atlantic Mine, MI Thu, 17 May 2012 13:43:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Amanda http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-8441 Amanda Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:50:06 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/#comment-8441 I live in a mobile home and these creatures are only seen in the colder months. I get freaked out when I see them. Our name for them was Spidercrickets..lol Thank you for this information. Will be passing it on to my sister who has them also... I live in a mobile home and these creatures are only seen in the colder months. I get freaked out when I see them. Our name for them was Spidercrickets..lol
Thank you for this information. Will be passing it on to my sister who has them also…

]]> By: Tim Eisele http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-8382 Tim Eisele Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:50:32 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/#comment-8382 Renee: They certainly could! Carnivores like cats don't have very efficient digestive systems, so there is still a lot of food value left in their poop. And when we raise feeder crickets, ground-up cat food is one of the recommended things to feed them. The crickets probably think it is the Greatest Food In The World. Renee: They certainly could! Carnivores like cats don’t have very efficient digestive systems, so there is still a lot of food value left in their poop. And when we raise feeder crickets, ground-up cat food is one of the recommended things to feed them.

The crickets probably think it is the Greatest Food In The World.

]]> By: Renee http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-8380 Renee Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:25:13 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/#comment-8380 We have a lot of these in our basement, and they seem to be attracted to my cat's litter box. Every now and then, there's a piece of poop outside the box, and the camel crickets always seem to be swarming over it. I've read where they will eat most organic things - could they possibly be feasting on my cat's poop? We have a lot of these in our basement, and they seem to be attracted to my cat’s litter box. Every now and then, there’s a piece of poop outside the box, and the camel crickets always seem to be swarming over it. I’ve read where they will eat most organic things – could they possibly be feasting on my cat’s poop?

]]> By: Angie http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-8097 Angie Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:29:10 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/#comment-8097 I have not seen a camel cricket in a while. So i was surprised when i got to work this morning and on my desk..the guys i work with had put one there in a cup :) yeah they think they found a "mutant cricket" so i had to school them on what it actually is. BOYS???!!! :) I have not seen a camel cricket in a while. So i was surprised when i got to work this morning and on my desk..the guys i work with had put one there in a cup :) yeah they think they found a “mutant cricket” so i had to school them on what it actually is. BOYS???!!! :)

]]> By: Jennifer http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-7651 Jennifer Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:00:37 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/#comment-7651 These guys are new to me. I found one th eother night...only half a leg and a little body were showing from under the baseboard heater in my bathroom. I freaked out because I just moved to New Jersey and I have no clue what to expect. I thought it might hab=ve been a spider until my daughter said she saw a huge cricket in the bathroom. Then last night I walked in and there he was, but since I had it in my head that it was a spider we tried to get it, but it git away. Now I have an exterminator coming because this old house holds more then crickets. Creeps me out!! These guys are new to me. I found one th eother night…only half a leg and a little body were showing from under the baseboard heater in my bathroom. I freaked out because I just moved to New Jersey and I have no clue what to expect. I thought it might hab=ve been a spider until my daughter said she saw a huge cricket in the bathroom. Then last night I walked in and there he was, but since I had it in my head that it was a spider we tried to get it, but it git away. Now I have an exterminator coming because this old house holds more then crickets. Creeps me out!!

]]> By: Kristen http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-3356 Kristen Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:48:26 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/#comment-3356 i moved to my new apartment yesterday... just opened a closet now to find three of them!!! they scared the crap outta me because i instantly thought SPIDERS!!!! and then i saw the antennae. and then they started jumping. and i realized they must be crickets of some sort... i looked around the closet (and by looked around, i mean sheepishly took some pix with my camera) and i don't see how they got in there or where they're breeding. in the meantime, i'll be leaving that door open and leaving them to the mercy of my kittens....!! i moved to my new apartment yesterday… just opened a closet now to find three of them!!! they scared the crap outta me because i instantly thought SPIDERS!!!! and then i saw the antennae. and then they started jumping. and i realized they must be crickets of some sort… i looked around the closet (and by looked around, i mean sheepishly took some pix with my camera) and i don’t see how they got in there or where they’re breeding. in the meantime, i’ll be leaving that door open and leaving them to the mercy of my kittens….!!

]]> By: Tim Eisele http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-3210 Tim Eisele Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:40:09 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/#comment-3210 Ann: Do you have a picture? Did it look like it had wings? There are some kinds of crickets where the wings lie flat in a kind of stink-bug-like way (like <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/7538/" rel="nofollow"><u>tree crickets</u></a>). I think there are also some true bugs that have long jumping legs, like some of the damsel bugs, plant bugs, and assassin bugs. In any case, you don't have to worry about camel crickets cross-breeding with, say, stink bugs. They are quite distantly related, and that would be approximately equivalent to a seagull cross-breeding with a fish. Ann: Do you have a picture? Did it look like it had wings? There are some kinds of crickets where the wings lie flat in a kind of stink-bug-like way (like tree crickets). I think there are also some true bugs that have long jumping legs, like some of the damsel bugs, plant bugs, and assassin bugs. In any case, you don’t have to worry about camel crickets cross-breeding with, say, stink bugs. They are quite distantly related, and that would be approximately equivalent to a seagull cross-breeding with a fish.

]]> By: ann http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-3207 ann Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:46:23 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/#comment-3207 We call them "hopping things." I just saw one, first time this summer since last summer and its body looked different. Could it have mated with something. It had the body of a stink bug. I am very alarmed. We call them “hopping things.” I just saw one, first time this summer since last summer and its body looked different. Could it have mated with something. It had the body of a stink bug. I am very alarmed.

]]> By: Jennifer http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-2843 Jennifer Mon, 17 May 2010 03:10:35 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/#comment-2843 I was in the shower and one of them jumped towards me, I freaked and jumped back kicking my heal into the tub faucet, it took weeks for my inury to heal. I didn't know what they were until tonight. We always called them scary Gratis bugs. Since the first time I saw one that's where I lived lol! I was in the shower and one of them jumped towards me, I freaked and jumped back kicking my heal into the tub faucet, it took weeks for my inury to heal. I didn’t know what they were until tonight. We always called them scary Gratis bugs. Since the first time I saw one that’s where I lived lol!

]]> By: J http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 J Sun, 31 May 2009 15:40:28 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2008/05/10/camel-cricket/#comment-1033 They don't "go after you" - they just jump towards you. They're completely harmless but totally disgusting. They don’t “go after you” – they just jump towards you. They’re completely harmless but totally disgusting.

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