Other Insect Pests

About Camel Crickets Overview Camel crickets are part of the cricket family alongside spider crickets or ‘sprickets’, sand threaders, and cave crickets. Camel crickets belong to the family rhaphidophoridae of the order orthoptera, which is under the phylum arthropoda. The six-legged creatures are flightless, carrying very long antennae and legs. There are over 1,100 species […]

About Boxelder Bugs Overview Boxelder bugs belong to the order hemiptera of the class insecta, which falls under the phylum arthropoda. The boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata) is a North American bug species that lives on the boxelder, ash, and maple trees. The term ‘trivittata’ is a combination of two Latin words, tri meaning three and