Jerusalem Cricket Colorado. The jerusalem crickets figure 1 2 and 3 are arguably one of the most bizarre looking insects you can find in colorado. In fact no.
The way a potato bug looks is the reason it has adopted names like skull insect shiny bug red skull bug dark jerusalem crickets and skunk bugs even though jerusalem crickets or jerusalem beetles are called potato bugs they shouldn t be confused with the colorado beetle or colorado potato beetle. Sand cricket niña de la tierra child of the earth chaco stone cricket and potato bug. Colorado insect of interest jerusalem cricket scientific name.
It is amber in color with dark stripes on the abdomen long antennae and no wings.
Most of these flightless crickets are brown or tan in color but have a striped abdomen with alternating bands of black and light brown. It is amber in color with dark stripes on the abdomen long antennae and no wings. Jerusalem crickets range in length from a respectable 2 cm to an impressive 7 5 cm about 3 inches and can weigh as much as 13 g. Most of these flightless crickets are brown or tan in color but have a striped abdomen with alternating bands of black and light brown.
