The Japanese camel cricket, Diestrammena japanica, is a species of camel cricket native to Japan. Outside of its native range, specifically in the eastern United States, it is recognized as an invasive species.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Japanese Camel Cricket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Miotopus richardsae
- Tachycines asynamorus
- Pachyrhamma cavernae
- Pachyrhamma edwardsii
- Pleioplectron simplex
- Troglophilus neglectus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Rhaphidophoridae
- Genus
- Diestrammena
- Species
- Diestrammena japanica
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