camel cricket

Humpbacked basement jumper

A camel cricket is a wingless insect with a distinctively humped back, long antennae, and powerful hind legs for jumping.

Also called cave crickets or spider crickets, they prefer dark, damp environments—basements, crawl spaces, caves.

Despite the name, they're not true crickets and don't chirp.

Their sudden leaps when disturbed startle people who encounter them indoors.

Related

jumping · legs · long antennae · antennae · nocturnal · night creature · pest · pest control · creepy · crawlspace · humidity · musty · silent · leaping · brown · humpbacked · chirp · underground

Opposites
sound production

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Jumping insect that chirps

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habitat preference

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Jumping insect that chirps

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Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G