# What bug is this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bug-is-this/365300>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 20, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bug-is-this/365300 "2006-07-20T07:29:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![HarmonOsc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HarmonOsc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HarmonOsc)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bug-is-this/365300/1 "2006-07-20T07:29:42Z")

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These critters jumped around my basement all winter. I caught a few on some tape I left out. Haven’t seen any since I got a roomate with a Maine Coon, but I wonder: what were they?

[Image (146KB JPEG)](http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7831/insectsbj0.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bug-is-this/365300/2 "2006-07-20T07:39:54Z")

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Ugly-ass crickets of some kind, but definitely crickets.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bug-is-this/365300/3 "2006-07-20T07:41:44Z")

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Aha! Camel Crickets

[http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=camel+cricket](http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=camel+cricket)

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**Author:** ![HarmonOsc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HarmonOsc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HarmonOsc)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bug-is-this/365300/4 "2006-07-20T08:28:05Z")

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Oh goodie. So I either should stick with the kitty or get some [house centipedes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_cricket).

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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bug-is-this/365300/5 "2006-07-20T12:56:00Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Aha! Camel Crickets  
> [http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=camel+cricket](http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=camel+cricket)

Right!  
AKA Cave Crickets, frequent crawl spaces and similar spaces.  
Spray area with an insecticide listing crickets on the container, spring and fall.

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**Author:** ![www.samanthas.us](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@www.samanthas.us](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/www.samanthas.us)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bug-is-this/365300/6 "2006-07-20T16:53:04Z")

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We had these in the basement, the cats kept eating them and leaving their legs around the house. ick