Ugggh,

I nearly threw up in my mouth when my brother sent me this image. He was going to the fridge late at night and after he turned on the light in the kitchen he saw this!!




We have never seen anything like this before. My mom sent this pic into a website that Id's bugs but its not a discussion board, you just wait for a reply. My mom did find a similar grasshopper species online but it is from Louisiana. Nicknamed devil bug or something like that.

I will post the name of the bug she found while researching when I can as it sounds as if it is the bug in question. Just not sure why it would be in Central NJ.

For size, the bug was captured in a regular drinking glass and you can see my brother's fingers at the bottom left of the pic.

Said bug was put across the street as my brother ran his but off back inside the house after he put it there.

As this is probably not a cryptid, please put where necessary mods.

I think that's a giant weta

[edit on 16-7-2009 by Zoopedia]

Definitely a contender, waiting for a reply from my mom, yes I'm 44 but still tight with mom. The only difference may be the carapace and the rear legs but so far thats a good possibility.

She's been in this house for 40 years, hence the weirdness we've never seen one.

It looks similar to one that my dog ate a week or two back. Except it wasn't as light as that one, it was darker.

I don't know what it is either, just thought I'd share my story.

Ugh. Hate those things. As everyone said, it's cave cricket. They creep me out because they jump with no rhyme or reason, in zigzags and straight up in the air..haha. They get pretty big too. I've seen them actually inside their namesakes at about the size of my hand!

I say cave or camel cricket, my brothers old house was full of them!! Disgusting looking creatures! Poor things.

strange that it has those three what seem to be toes at the end.

I don't mind insects unless they try to use me as a landing zone.