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What

West Coast Ant Cricket (Myrmecophilus oregonensis)

Observer

kueda

Date

October 13, 2011 08:09 PM PDT

Description

Apparently these weird little crickets live in ant nests and survive by munching secretions from the bodies of the ants. The ants are not fond of this, and eat the crickets when they catch them, but this must be rare, b/c these guys can really jump. It isn't clear to me whether this is M. manni or M. oregonensis.

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Ken-ichi Ueda