[5] The crickets aggregate to minimize dehydration using specialized pheromones that reduce mobility on contact, acting as an anti-predator defense tactic from cave spiders.
It has been found to have a co-occurrence relationship with the cave orb weaver spider Meta ovalis.
[6] This cricket has very long legs, and a dark body.
The antennae are also longer than that of an average camel cricket.
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