Who can id this critter

[Michael Gilbreath]

Just a change its that time of yr here we get swarms of these.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Looks like a type of sword tail grasshopper.

 

[BluTang85]

Looks like an eastern shieldback katydid

 

[Idoc]

Baby dragon!

 

[Michael Gilbreath]

Mormon cricket

 

[Gareth elliott]

Not a grasshopper Antenna are too long , agreeing with katydid.
Straight-Lanced Meadow Katydid

 

[Michael Gilbreath]

They eat anything and make a mess of roads they migrate thru the area

 

[Mariette]

Cricket, Jiminy Cricket ;Smuggrin

 

[Gareth elliott]

They should learn to eat mosquitoes [emoji23]

 

[Michael Gilbreath]

Yeah i wish they will wipe out a garden in a day

 

[Gareth elliott]

Soil breeding(had to google lol) have you looked in applying nematodes to the soil. I have different climate but i apply this to deal with Japanese beetles and hive beetles. They eat the larvae and do not effect beneficial pollinators. They also spread on their own. Can also look into attracting jay’s to your yard.(dont approach a nest if they build one in your yard [emoji23])

 

[Michael Gilbreath]

Lol i live in the high desert not many trees alot of sage and tumble weed and there not to close to my house i caught that one about 8 miles away there heading to mountains just north of me

 

[Michael Gilbreath]

Here is pic of my back yard

 

[Style185]

Dude everyone knows it's in the family known as Gryllidae!

 

[TriggerFinger]

Here is pic of my back yard

Beautiful view!! What state is this?

 

[Michael Gilbreath]

Nevada right off I80 I live in a little place called Imlay

 

[Michael Gilbreath]

Here is pic out my front door

 

[Michael Gilbreath]

My closest LFS is over 150miles away so I get plenty of time to decide if I want to add to tank since I only go about once a month lol

 

[TriggerFinger]

Haha I was just thinking...doesn’t look like there’s ANYTHING close by. Wonder how far a fish store is from there??

 

[Michael Gilbreath]

yeah town has maybe 170 people I love it.