Spotted camel cricket (Ceuthophilus maculatus)

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Ceuthophilus maculatus
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily:	Ceuthophilinae
Tribe:	Ceuthophilini
Genus:	Ceuthophilus
Scientific name
Ceuthophilus maculatus (Harris, 1835)
Geography
Native countries:
United States
Traits
Diet:	Insects, Detritus, Carrion
Pest status
Known pest

The Spotted camel cricket (Ceuthophilus maculatus) is a species of cricket or katydid in the family Rhaphidophoridae (camel crickets).

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Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
The Orthoptera of Michigan	Roger G. Bland	2003		View URL

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceCeuthophilus maculatus

Traits

Habitat

Geophilous

Diet

Insects Detritus Carrion

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Silent

Flight

Entirely flightless

Life cycle

Adults present

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Overwinters as

Nymph Adult

Hatching

EarlyLate

Intermediate

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
The Orthoptera of Michigan	Roger G. Bland	2003		View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Abbott William Nason — 1 specimen collected
• James Erdmann — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Tyler Grant — 3 specimens identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BugGuideCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphIdaho SpeciesiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGITIS TSNNatureServe ExplorerNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)UMLS CUIXeno-canto