Garden Pests and Diseases: Friend or Foe #4, 1 by margu

margu wrote:
cnswift: that was me who posted that original link to the potato bug website, I just wanted to write to commiserate with you. They are just about the ugliest things I have ever seen! And they live underground in the garden, so I'm always digging them up in the spring when I plant....they are also called "Jerusalem Crickets", and they do make a scraping sound. If one gets in your house, you'll know it! But they are harmless. Just darned ugly and scary looking. Here is a picture I made to send to friends who aren't lucky enough to live in California....