What is this?

[reganbell]

I found this dying in my yard, under a pipe up a against a wall. I live in Boise, Idaho so that is where it would be from. I'm don't know a lot about bugs and this might be obvious but I don't know what it is. Here are two pictures of it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9721393@N04/3860452162/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9721393@N04/3860452114/

 

[BACKWOODS]

Id

I think they call it a Israely cricket.

 

[Ariel]

that would be a potato bug or "jerusalem cricket"

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/potato-bugs/

 

[BACKWOODS]

Id

Ahh sorry wrong country LOLOL

 

[Ariel]

Ahh sorry wrong country LOLOL

its not the wrong country, Jerusalem is in Isreal

 

[OxDionysus]

maybe a mole cricket?

 

[blazetown]

Definitely known as a mole cricket to me. You can catch them in animal crossing by following the noise and digging lol.

 

[JC50]

Mole cricket would be my guess also.

 

[Ariel]

no, I'm 110% sure it's a jersalem cricket (potato bug) check the link I posted earlier.

 

[What]

no, I'm 110% sure it's a jersalem cricket (potato bug) check the link I posted earlier.

Agreed. Having caught, and kept more than a handful of j-crix, this is definitely one.

 

[cacoseraph]

tell it "shalom" and see what it does =P

 

[arachna-nono]

tell it "shalom" and see what it does =P

I definitely cracked a smile at that!

They're neat... one of my customers found one when he was out hunting and brought it in for me. I couldn't keep it alive for long, though. I think he died of green-bean poisoning. :}

 

[reverendsterlin]

nino del la tierra or child of the earth is another name for it

 

[spiderfield]

Definitely a Jerusalem Cricket. Used to find them randomly in my backyard a few years ago; beautiful creatures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket
http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Dark-Jerusalem-Cricket