Picture not bad, really. Yes, known as cave or camel cricket, family Rhaphidiphoridae. Wingless = adult can’t chirp since sound mechanism is via wings of crickets.
From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Erika Goergen Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 1:48 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] Cave Cricket? Hello, I found just found this fellow a few feet away from an american cockroach, both dead in the basement. This is my first time seeing this pest, is it a cave cricket? Sorry for the poor phone quality pictures. Thank you, Erika [cid:image002.jpg@01D20918.2630E790] [cid:image004.jpg@01D20918.2630E790] -- Collections Manager Heurich House Museum 1307 New Hampshire Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 429-1894 er...@heurichhouse.org <mailto:e...@heurichhouse.org> #heurichhouse <http://instagram.com/heurichhouse> @heurichhouse<https://twitter.com/heurichhouse> [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B1jZlvCcccWTYzBZWklUaWxRdjA&revid=0B1jZlvCcccWTcEJMMytqUkxOOTREaStnWHcwdzNPRUpQbG1RPQ]
