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plants and bulbs among the wrappings of which it would be 
likely to hide itself and able to travel long distances. 
It is a rather large, slenderly built Cave-cricket with extremely 
long and delicate antennae, palpi, and hind legs, in color daintily 
Fig. 59. — ^Asiatic or Conservatory Camel-cricket, Diestrammena marmorata, male. (After 
Lugger.) 
varied with dark markings on a pale background. It lives in 
greenhouses, conservatories and cellars, hiding by day beneath 
boards and boxes and in sheltered corners, becoming more active 
at night. I have seen as many as a hundred individuals of vari- 
ous ages resting within a space of four square feet on the wall of a 
greenhouse coal-bin, perfectly quiet save for the occasional wav- 
ing motion of the long antennae. Unlike Roaches, it does not 
crawl into narrow crevices or beneath boards or boxes lying close 
to the ground, but requires considerable space to provide for 
free movement of the long legs and antennae. When disturbed, 
it makes prodigious leaps, sometimes two or three in succession, 
alighting with a thump. Though alert, it is easily captured, 
provided the waving, hair-trigger sensitive antennae are not 
inadvertently touched, when response is instantaneous. Adults 
and young may be found at any season of the year, as might be 
expected under the conditions of its habitat, but mature individ- 
uals appear to be more numerous in the autumn. It is very 
doubtful, however, whether it is able to survive the winter out of 
doors. 
It was first reported from Minneapolis in 1898; I have re- 
ceived it within a few years from Kennebunk, Me., Springfield, 
and Dan vers, Mass., in each case from cellars or greenhouses. 
It has been recorded also from Rhode Island, Ohio, Illinois, 
Wisconsin, Kansas, and Canada. Should it become obnoxious 
