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Hadenoceus-Molted (cave cricket) Mammoth Cave National Park

By Geology and Ecology of National Parks 2003 (approx.)
A freshly molted cave cricket next to husk
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A cave cricket Hadenoceus subterraneus, which has just finished molting. The cricket (right) compared to the empty husk (left). Photo courtesy of Kentall Wheeler; photographer Rick Olson/NPS.

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Photo courtesy of Kentall Wheeler; photographer Rick Olson/NPS