The pest goes by many names. I have a friend who calls them mutant spiders. The exterminator at my neighbor's house calls them criders. The bug is also called spider cricket, spricket, cave cricket ...

If you've never seen a spider cricket before, consider yourself lucky. As its name suggests, this long-legged insect resembles a cricket with a bit of spider thrown in. They like to hang out in cool, ...

Although not often thought of as cuddly creatures, some insects are inviting themselves to get cozy inside Lehigh Valley homes as the weather turns colder. Described as “creepy and extremely fast,” by ...

Camel crickets may have been largely overlooked by scientists over the past several decades, but the results of a new citizen science project, released Sept. 2, reveal the insects may outnumber humans ...

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Beware the attack of the giant mutant crickets! While spider crickets are not actually members of the family of crickets -- or of spiders -- they are excellent jumpers and when frightened, will hop ...

There are crickets. And then there are camel crickets. Some people call them spider crickets. No matter the name, they are bigger and, to some, creepier than your standard-issue cricket. And bug ...

A survey of cricket sightings across the United States has found an invasive and, for arachnophobes, unsightly new species proliferating across the East Coast. The Asian camel cricket, a plump-bodied ...

Another day in Pennsylvania, another invasive species. Joining the intrusion of the disgusting brown marmorated stink bug, the destructive tiger mosquito and the devilish mile-a-minute vine comes ...

Camel crickets may have been largely overlooked by scientists over the past several decades, but the results of a new citizen science project, released Tuesday, reveal the insects may outnumber humans ...