crevicedwelling

hi this is Tetra. they are a Japanese camel cricket (Diestrammena japanica) Iโ€™ve been raising over the winter after I found them as a baby.

I believe Tetra may be intersex since they have a much shorter ovipositor than a typical female, and Iโ€™d originally thought they were male as a younger nymph.

their hobbies include dwelling in crevices, eating dead roaches and cardboard, and spitting brown goop when picked up

btw Tetra is short for tetrabromomethane

crevicedwelling

this was Tetra as a wee little nymph. no, they donโ€™t grow into their antennae with age

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