Alright. I have been visiting this area now for 5 years or so. Same area about the same time of the year. (August). I saw this insect that looks a lot like some sort of scorpian, but cannot identify it. It has two long antenas and 6 legs. It has a stinger (or what looks like one) on its back end.
Pictures are at these links.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb37/Bobbo342/100_1659crop.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb37/Bobbo342/100_1658crop.jpg
Let me know what you think.
2007-08-12 09:40:12 · 4 answers · asked by bobbo342 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It did hop around a little as well as crawl.
Do they sting and are they poisonous? I did not get stung, but was just wondering.
2007-08-12 09:59:59 · update #1
cricket? mole cricket or cave cricket
2007-08-12 09:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by glenn t 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The shadows in the pictures interfere with the image enough
that I can't tell what it is for sure. However, it does appear to
be some sort of grasshopper-katydid type insect. If the
antennae were quite long it may be in the familyTettigoniidae.
The projection in the back is not a sting but an egg-laying
apparatus (female) or copulatory apparatus (male). If the
insect is an adult but is wingless then other families are
likely.
2007-08-13 07:40:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd agree it looks like some sort of cricket. The pointed projection at the tail end would be the ovipositor, not a stinger.
2007-08-12 11:13:01 · answer #3 · answered by prairiedog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like a northern rock crawler. Really rare! cool
2007-08-12 10:20:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋