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What the heck is this bug?

Posted: Jan 01 2012 9:20 pm
by MikeC
I was up on the Esperero trail in the Catalinas today and I came across this bug crawling really slowly across the snow on the trail. It was between 1.5 and 2 inches long, and it looked like a giant ant or a giant termite, or maybe like a wingless wasp. It's abdomen had yellow and black stripes.

Anyone know what this is?
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Re: What the heck is this bug?

Posted: Jan 01 2012 9:27 pm
by outdoor_lover
Can't tell for sure because you're not quite close enough, but looks and sounds like a Jerusalem Cricket.
http://hikearizona.com/dexcoder.php?PID=729
Nasty looking buggers!

Re: What the heck is this bug?

Posted: Jan 01 2012 9:52 pm
by MikeC
Yeah, that's it.

Gross.