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Grasshopper-like Brown Insect (Greenhouse camel cricket, female)

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Greenhouse camel cricket
by: Moni

Anonymous
Without a photo we do not know for sure which camel cricket you have...so...
Here is a website from North Carolina State Univ Entomology Dept about these crickets for more info.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/camelcrickets.htm
camel crickets
by: Anonymous

I have these in my basement, along with centipedes. They hop at me. How do I get rid of them? They really creep me out.
Greenhouse camel cricket, female
by: Moni

Sanews
It is a camel cricket. Looks like from your photo of the face that there is a 'horn' between the antenna, so you have a Greenhouse camel cricket. Your photos of the rear show the 'stinger-like' appendage which is the ovipositor or the egg laying device of this female cricket. They are known to habit moist greenhouses, basements and laundry rooms. They feed on various food stuffs especially organic material dead or alive. They can cause damage in greenhouses by feeding on young plants. These are quite common and were introduced from China.
Here is a website from North Carolina State Univ Entomology Dept about these crickets for more info.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/camelcrickets.htm
All the great angles in these photos helped a lot to ID this insect! Thanks!!

Camelback Cricket
by: Dave Meyer

They like to move into your basement in the winter.

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