ID of this insect??

[Zope]

I'm not sure what this is. I took a picture of this insect in Coraopolis PA right outside my work. I thought it was a spider but others were saying it was a cricket. I've never seen a red cricket with what appears to be a black spot on it's abdomen.

Any ideas???

 

[skippy]

definitely a cricket of some kind. pic's a little blurry though

 

[Zope]

definitely a cricket of some kind. pic's a little blurry though

Yeah I appologize. My iphone can't do much better lol. I was under the assumption there was only one type of red cricket and it's much larger and looks nothing like that of the average cricket.

 

[skippy]

it kind of looks like a camel cricket but i'm not sure if you have them over there

 

[Zope]

it kind of looks like a camel cricket but i'm not sure if you have them over there

I looked up pictures of them and none of them seemed to resemble it. It's body layed flat against the surface like a spider's would and other than the red body, It's abdomen had that black spot on it. Also you could get really close to it without it moving.

 

[Ariel]

it kind of looks like the carolina leaf-rollar Camptonotus carolinensis after I looked around on whatsthatbug for it. but thats just my opinion, and I am no expert.

 

[Bugs In Cyberspace]

I like your guess because the antennae in your photo appear quite long and katydidish.