Sorry - no photo. My neighbor hacked it to bits thinking it was a scorpion. It was not.
The bug looked like a flesh colored overgrown cricket about 2 1/2" long. It was actually fleshy, not scaly. The head was 1/2" long and about 3/8" thick. At the top center of its body, on the top, was a bumblebee shaped and striped part about 1" long. Could not see if it had a stinger. Again, no scales, very smooth except for the bumblebee part. Didn't seem to be able to fly, just crawl. It was freaky.
2006-11-30 12:07:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
You may be referring to a Jerusalem cricket, more commonly known as a potato bug. These insects aren't really crickets and don't eat potatoes, but who says names have to make sense?
Next time, give us a general idea of where you live. It'll help narrow down the possibilities of what you're looking at.
2006-11-30 12:15:20 · answer #1 · answered by NedHeadroom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you've got yourself a potato bug, also known as a Jerusalem cricket. Harmless, although they'll bite if messed around with. I've seen them a time or two. I fail to see how your neighbor could mistake one for a scorpion, but, well, it wasn't. Here's a link to a lots of pictures:
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/potato.html
2006-11-30 12:21:59 · answer #2 · answered by Nightlight 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like it was a jerusalem cricket they are normaly yellowish or fleash collored and change later on in the year hers a link
2006-11-30 12:22:29 · answer #3 · answered by taylor w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
appears like some form of cricket. of direction it jumped, it did not pick to die. now to not worry, contained in the e book you threw at it, it states that each and every one the animals on earth are there on your utilization, so be at liberty to kill, torture, maim, devour, puppy any of them you want
2016-11-29 23:58:56 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cockroach?
2006-11-30 12:18:23 · answer #5 · answered by I 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋