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I found these in my appartment (we live in a half basement). It's been three so far and I can't find the thing anywhere in insect lists, etc. Could you tell me what type of insect this is?

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There are 900 different species of Crickets but I would say it is a Camel Cricket based on the info provided.enter image description here

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  • $\begingroup$ As camel crickets often live in basements, you are probably right. It might be good to add a reference, for example Some hilarious info on how to get rid of then can be found here $\endgroup$
    – RHA
    Mar 8, 2016 at 16:15
  • $\begingroup$ @RHA Why would anyone get rid of such harmless insect? $\endgroup$
    – Rodrigo
    Aug 21, 2017 at 5:26
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This is a camel cricket (family Rhaphidophoridae); T. H. Hubbell's 1936 monograph on the genus Ceuthophilus has a key to the North American genera then known (and those added since are not found in Canada). The photograph does resemble specimens of Ceuthophilus that I have collected and may well be that genus.

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