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InsectIdentification > Insect Description

Dark Jerusalem Cricket

Other Name(s): Earth Baby; Potato Bug; Niño de la Teirra / Child of the Earth

Characteristics: Dark Jerusalem Crickets are a wingless species common to California. They are rather large for a cricket and have a distinctly large head. The most identifying feature of this insect is its striped abdomen featuring black and light lines. This critter can be found hiding under logs and rocks. The Jerusalem Cricket has earned itself several playful nicknames including "Potato Bug", "Earth Baby" and "Niño de la Tierra" (meaning "Child of the Earth").

General Adult Size (Length):
30mm to 50mm (1.18in to 1.97in)

Identifying Colors: black; white; yellow; brown

North American reach includes (may not be limited to): Arizona; California; Nevada; Utah

Category: Grasshopper or Cricket
Common Name: Dark Jerusalem Cricket
Scientific Name: (Stenopelmatus fuscus)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
   Class: Insecta
    Order: Orthoptera
     Family: Stenopelmatidae
      Genus: Stenopelmatus
       Species: fuscus

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Courtesy of Drew from California

Courtesy of Drew from California

Courtesy of Drew from California

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