Sand Treader Cricket. These crickets are called sand treaders because they have specialized spines on their hind and fore legs for digging in the sand. These crickets are very active at night and due to their abundance in deserts sands they have got their name.
Sand treader the sand treader is a cricket that is found in sand dunes and is very active at night. A recent study found the greenhouse camel cricket diestrammena asynamora a species native to asia is now the most common camel cricket found in homes in the. Macrobaenetes kelsoensis tinkham 1962 kelso dunes giant sand treader cricket.
Macrobaenetes kelsoensis tinkham 1962 kelso dunes giant sand treader cricket.
Macrobaenetes is a genus of sand treader crickets in the family rhaphidophoridae found in california there are at least four described species in macrobaenetes. Two species of sand treader camel crickets live only at white sands where they are adapted to live in the gypsum sand. The orthopteran family rhaphidophoridae of the suborder ensifera has a worldwide distribution. They are however close relatives of true crickets.
