Potato Bug. Child of the Earth. Old Bald-Headed Man. Skull Insects. Devil’s Baby. Spawn of Satan. There’s a fairly long list of imaginative nicknames that refer to Jerusalem crickets, those six-legged ...

Entomologist Richard Zack of Washington State University fields lots of “What the heck is this?” inquiries from the public about weird-looking insects in our region. But the Jerusalem cricket tops the ...

Q: I found this pinkish-brown bug once when I was digging in my garden and also inside the house. It is 3 to 3 1/2 inches long with antennae, six legs with spurs, brown round body parts and stripes on ...

DEAR FRED: Based on the description and the photo you sent, the cricket you found is commonly called a Jerusalem cricket, also known as a potato bug, and native to the Western U.S. and Mexico. Its ...

With their big heads & beady black eyes, Jerusalem crickets aren't winning any contests. With their big heads and beady black eyes, Jerusalem crickets aren't winning any beauty contests. But that ...