Arboreal Camel Cricket

Gammarotettix bilobatus · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Rhaphidophoridae

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Arboreal Camel Cricket
Photo: Don Loarie, CC BY

The arboreal camel cricket lives in California, from the Coast Ranges down to Gilroy. It is found on plants such as California buckeye, coast live oak, Monterey pine and several others. Adults appear in February and are present until June.

Source: Wikipedia

When you see it

Adults are active from February through June.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 1 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Arboreal Camel Cricket photo 2
Photo: Peter Brastow, CC BY
Arboreal Camel Cricket photo 3
Photo: Don Loarie, CC BY
Arboreal Camel Cricket photo 4
Photo: Max Miley, CC BY
Arboreal Camel Cricket photo 5
Photo: Dan Killam, CC BY

Same family (Rhaphidophoridae)

Camel CricketsCamel CricketsCeuthophilusNuisance, not dangerousGreenhouse Camel CricketGreenhouse Camel CricketDiestrammena asynamoraCan damage your homeSpotted Camel CricketSpotted Camel CricketCeuthophilus maculatusCan damage your homeCalifornia Camel CricketCalifornia Camel CricketCeuthophilus californianusTalitropsis sedillotiTalitropsis sedillotiIsoplectron armatumIsoplectron armatum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammarotettix_bilobatus

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.

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