Plains camel cricket

Ceuthophilus pallidus · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Rhaphidophoridae

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Plains camel cricket
Photo: Colin Croft, CC BY

It lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Ceuthophilus pallidus belongs to the camel cricket family Rhaphidophoridae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

This cricket is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 12 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Michigan, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Texas.

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

Plains camel cricket photo 2
Photo: Jes Gray, CC BY
Plains camel cricket photo 3
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Plains camel cricket photo 4
Photo: Colin Croft, CC BY
Plains camel cricket photo 5
Photo: Steve Taylor, 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/Ceuthophilus_pallidus

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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