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big yellow/black striped body, red head, 6 legs -(Jerusalem Cricket)

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dorm bug
by: Anonymous

just found this bug in my dorm room, creepy. have no idea how it even got in here.but i'm glad you have info on it, I was really curious, Thanks!!
alien bug
by: kiki Lippman

we found this crazy bug in our garage. it makes its presence know without threat. we also call it an alien. I left lettuce and grapes for it. it does seem like an alien though I'm not inclined to let it bite me.
creepy bug!!!
by: madi

found this bug on my back door window.didint know what it was tryed to feed it to a spider it wouldnt die, so i stuck it in a jar. are they native in Idaho?
Creeps me out
by: jimbob

I found the same bug crawling on a sidewalk with my friends. It creeps me out!
TOO COOL
by: tisha eastgate

SINCE IVE BEEN IN OHIO I FORGOTTEN ABOUT THOSE BUGS, I USE TO CALL THEM ALIENS...JERSULEM BUG IT IS.. TO COOL
Ugly
by: Anonymous

I have seen some with white heads, they almost look like human heads, one of the most gross looking and huge insects ever.
Yep, it is the Jersalem cricket
by: Nursenut

But we also call it a potato bug or a niņo de la tierra (child of the earth)
Jerusalem Cricket
by: Moni

Dear Los Angeles
Thank you for the good description and measurement. It is very helpful for many of the photos we are sent.
This is a Jerusalem Cricket.
They feed on other insects, roots, and decaying vegetation. Sometimes found eating potatoes.
They are found in burrows and under rocks and logs. Sometimes they wander to the surface at night. To produce their sound they strike the ground with their abdomen to produce a drumming pattern.
Some say the bite hurts.

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