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Diestrammena asynamora
Greenhouse camel cricket, Asian camel cricket, Greenhouse stone cricket
Diestrammena asynamora, commonly known as the greenhouse camel cricket or Asian camel cricket, is a wingless orthopteran native to China and other parts of Asia. First detected in the United States in a Minnesota greenhouse in 1898, it has become the dominant camel cricket species in human dwellings across eastern North America, now comprising over 90% of camel crickets found in homes in regions like Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. This species thrives in dark, damp, cool environments including basements, crawl spaces, caves, and tool sheds.
Machilinae
Machilinae is a subfamily of bristletails within the family Machilidae, comprising one of the two major lineages of the jumping bristletail family. Members are small, wingless insects with the characteristic arched thorax and springing organ (furcula) that enables their distinctive jumping locomotion. The subfamily has been historically distinguished from the other machilid subfamily, Petrobiinae, primarily by subtle differences in abdominal appendage structure and scale patterns. Machilinae species are found across temperate and Mediterranean regions, often occupying rocky, coastal, or urban habitats.