The scientists have ignored the camel crickets since last several decades. Recently, a novel science project unveiled that the insects may have exceeded in quantity as compared to the humans in the United States.
The study revealed that in the beginning the species of camel crickets came from Asia. However, now they are more widespread in American basements as compared to their native region.
The other names of camel crickets are “sprickets”, spider crickets and cave crickets. The camel crickets which are found in North America have thick bodies and mottled brown color. Whereas, the normal ones have an arched back and long hind legs.
Diestrammena asynamora, an invasive species of camel cricket set up in the United States at the start of the 19th century. Scientists named them as “greenhouse camel crickets” since it was hardly found outside the greenhouse. It has a pattern of stripes on its legs and is relatively smaller than the American ones.
Holly Menninger, co-author of the study with her colleagues of North Caroline State tried to ascertain how common this specie is. They reckoned it out with the help of a survey which demonstrated that camel crickets are way more common as compared to the Ceuthophilus insects.
The researchers caught nearly 50 Diestrammena asynamora from a single yard in a short time period of two days.
Mary Jane, the leader of the study stated that the scientist are still unaware about the influence of this species on local ecosystems.
The study is printed in the open access journal Peer J.
