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Most cave crickets have very large hind legs with "drumstick-shaped" femora and equally long, thin tibiae, and long, slender antennae. The antennae arise closely and next to each other on the head. They are brownish in color and rather humpbacked in appearance, always wingless, and up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long in body and 10 cm (3.9 in) for the legs.
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Cave crickets like H. subterraneus will eat whatever they can get because of the scarcity of food in cave environments. [7] Like other cave crickets, they are often found roosting in the entrances of caves in the southeastern United States.
Hadenoecus is a genus of common cave cricket of the southeastern United States [1] and typical of the tribe Hadenoecini.. An interesting characteristic of these crickets is their long antennae and powerful rear legs which allow for quick movement in the dark cave system.
Farallonophilus is a genus of camel crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae. The only described species in the genus is Farallonophilus cavernicolus, also known as the Farallon cave cricket or the Farallon camel cricket, which is endemic to the Farallon Islands in California, United States. [1] It was first described by David C. Rentz in 1972.
Ceuthophilus is a genus of insects in the cave cricket family Rhaphidophoridae. It contains most of the species that are known commonly as camel crickets. [1] These insects have thick, dorsally arched bodies. The head is oval in shape with long, tapering antennae. The hind femur is thick and usually spiny in males, and sometimes slightly spiny ...
Ceuthophilus secretus, known generally as the Texas cave cricket or secret cave cricket, is a species of camel cricket in the family Rhaphidophoridae.
Sandgropers were once thought to be degenerate mole crickets, but they are now known to be more closely related to pygmy mole crickets, in the Caelifera, which includes grasshoppers. Although widely believed to be herbivorous, some have been found with animal remains in their gut.