The tracks they leave behind are unique created by dragging their large abdomens across the fine particles of soil. Jerusalem cricket pictures below are images of the jerusalem cricket. Most of these flightless crickets are brown or tan in color but have a striped abdomen with alternating bands of black and light brown.
Image courtesy of krissy from pasco wa.
While jerusalem crickets also know as potato bugs are not venomous they can emit a foul smell and are capable of inflicting a painful bite if handled. Image courtesy of william r. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the images or return to the article. 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.
