Jerusalem cricket was crossing the road as I was driving home. Pulled over for glamour shots. (lemmy.world)

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[-] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

Is this the bad guy in A Bugs Life?

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I believe Hopper is a grasshopper.

Jerusalem Crickets (potato bugs) are: Insecta> Orthoptera > Ensifera > Stenopelmatidae > Stenopelmatinae > Stenopelmatini > Ammopelmatus

And grasshoppers are: Insecta> Orthoptera > Caelifera > Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Acridoidea

So, not unrelated, but you have to go a fair ways back.

Jerusalem crickets can only jump about 4 inches (one inch more than their body length) and mostly just toddle around slowly when they aren’t digging for rotting roots to eat.

this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2026

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