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Our School Site Insect Discoveries
by: P.L.A.C.E. @ Prescott

Thanks Moni for your comments...yes, you're right, however, it's really not a jar, but an actual bug container, (7" wide, 5" tall with diameter 4"). We originally thought they were male and female,(hoping they would mate)...in our research we saw the hook for the males at the end of the abdomen and realized they were both males. It happened so fast, (one day)...the students were certainly surprised and sadden by our mistake of putting them in the same bug container. After a few more observations and pictures we will return the one Jerusalem cricket back to his habitat. Again, thanks for the comments and suggestions.
JERUSALEM CRICKET
by: Moni

P.L.A.C.E.
When they are out in the garden area they can have their own area/territory and also get away from each other....but in a small jar they have no escape. The big one is stronger and perhaps more mature than the little one...makes sense that it killed the little one.
It is best not to put any more than one insect in a jar. And as your group learned, while it is neat to watch critters in a jar, they can not behave normally. Nature provides food, shelter, water, and so many other things that we humans may not know about. It is best to watch critters in their own habitats and observe as much as possible from what we can see, hear, smell etc. If several students take lots of notes and/or photos and compare what is being seen then a story can be written about the insect. Where it lives...what it eats...how it moves...does it prefer to work in light or dark...etc
Have fun as you observe your garden!
Our School Site Insect Discoveries
by: P.L.A.C.E. @ Prescott Elem. School

On Monday, 4/26, we found a much larger Jerusalem Cricket in the garden area...we put it in the same bug container with the smaller one.
This morning we noticed that the smaller one appeared to have died or been killed by the larger one. Was it a mistake to put them in the same container. In our research we read that they were cannablistic. How do they get along together in the same space? Although there is food in the container we will keep watch to see if the larger one will eventually eat the one that died.
Jerusalem crickets
by: Moni

Insect Discoveries
We would be glad to help you ID the insects you find in your garden area.
To add photos for ID, please see the bottom of this comment page and click on where it says INSECT IDENTIFICATION. On that page you can follow the directions for adding photos. Please just send one insect per question...tho you may add up to 4 photo angles of that insect. You may send as many
insect as you find that you do not see already ID'ed on our website here.
On the Insect ID page you will find links to the several hundred insects already Identified.
What a great project for the science students to do...we love the idea of students learning about gardening and the critters that live in our gardens.
As you will learn most are good bugs while a few are pests.
Thanks for using our site!
Our School Site Insect Discoveries
by: P.L.A.C.E. @ Prescott Elem. School

Our after school science class has been searching for insects that live in our garden areas. Two weeks ago we found this insect that we could not identify...Students thought it looked like a beetle but we found out it is a Jerusalem Cricket. We placed it in a bug container with a magnifying glass top. What a beautiful creature. Today during our search we came upon another JC and it is much, much bigger than the first. Don't know if they are un-
named or unknown to scientists, but we our in West Oakland...How can we send you pictures?
Jerusalem Cricket Grub
by: Bee-in-mi-bonnet

I turn these up often while preparing my garden in Southern California. When they feel threatened, they flip over on their backs so that their big pincher mandibles are pointing up and their soft, vulnerable backs are protected. I was foolish enough to try to move one by hand last month, and it nipped me, drawing blood. Besides the big nippers, the striped abdomen is a distinguishing feature. Thanks for the ID.
Jerusalem Cricket
by: Moni

Anonymous from BC
Jerusalem Crickets are found thru out the western North America including British Columbia. They come east only to the western edge of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
So, it is not surprising that you found one. :-)
seen the same bug
by: Anonymous

In 2009 i have seen the same insect but i had know idea what it was we took a picture of it but i live in British Columbia in the Okanogan for my hole life and have seen many bugs but this was veary strange to come upon any ideas how that got this way
Jerusalem Cricket
by: Moni

Trish
Your photo is of a Jerusalem Cricket. These are related to the other crickets, tho they are strange looking critters. They are found in western US states.
They feed on other insects as well as roots and decaying vegetation. Since they also sometimes are found eating potatoes they are commonly called potato bugs, however they are not a pest of the garden.
Jerusalem crickets are active at night and live in burrows under rocks or other covers during the day.
They can bite giving a painful pinch.

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