Not prepared for this ant-fall!

[Northern]

My daughter is a bio, currently leading outings into the wild for disadvantaged kids in San Diego.
They came across this Jerusalem Cricket today (not her hand, she snapped the pic)

 

[Yard Sale]

Potato bug! Not sure I'd pick one up though....

 

[Brian in OR.]

Definitely a Jerusalem cricket, caught them all the time when I was a kid never had any issues with them

 

[Tom Butler]

Yuck! Creepy.

 

[Zak]

I found one on my pillow once in Santa Fe. I had no idea what it was and it freaked me out a bit. I think my roommate called them "children of the earth" or something like that.

 

[mcswny]

children of the earth

I feel like this name makes me even more uneasy

 

[Wade Rivers]

Chernobyl Ant

 

[Northern]

I found one on my pillow once in Santa Fe. I had no idea what it was and it freaked me out a bit. I think my roommate called them "children of the earth" or something like that.

Lol - that definitely doesn't make them less creepy!

 

[Brian Miller]

Chernobyl Ant

Baby THEM!

 

[Jim F.]

There's a couple places around here where they are fairly common. The Kids got a big charge out of finding them. They can give you an attention-getting pinch if you're not careful, as can Sun Spiders/Wind Spiders. Sun Spiders (Solifugae) are incredibly fast in every direction.

 

[Zak]

Child of the Earth – Would you believe it’s a cricket?

Known as a “Child of the Earth” or “El Niño de la Tierra” in Spanish, this insect has also been called the Jerusalem cricket, and “the old bald man” (Who-tzi-Neh)

www.taosnews.com

 

[WWKimba1]

Well, I'm big and ugly, guess I might have a new nickname!

Kim

 

[Sam Roffe]

Now, after reading the article in the Taos News, if I come across one of those things I won't be as creeped out.

 

[mcswny]

Child of the Earth – Would you believe it’s a cricket?

Known as a “Child of the Earth” or “El Niño de la Tierra” in Spanish, this insect has also been called the Jerusalem cricket, and “the old bald man” (Who-tzi-Neh)

www.taosnews.com

I’m going to go with Old Bald Man.

 

[Brute]

A face only a Jerusalem Crickets mom could love…

 

[Northern]

There's a couple places around here where they are fairly common. The Kids got a big charge out of finding them. They can give you an attention-getting pinch if you're not careful, as can Sun Spiders/Wind Spiders. Sun Spiders (Solifugae) are incredibly fast in every direction.

No thank you, on the Sun Spiders!

 

[Wetswinger]

They look like a Mormon Cricket with pimped out clothes...