Bug FAQWest Coast Ant Cricket
Myrmecophilus oregonensis · Order: Orthoptera · Family: Myrmecophilidae
Also called: Oregon ant cricket
The West Coast Ant Cricket occurs in North America. Its habitat is within the North American region. It is native to North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
This species is recorded from North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It lives in North American environments.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range includes North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 4 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
Same family (Myrmecophilidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophilus_oregonensis
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Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.