grylloblattid ice crawler Grylloblatta sp. Credit Alex Wild
grylloblattid ice crawler Grylloblatta sp. Credit Alex Wild

Rock crawlers

Also known as Grylloblattodea, this is a small and obscure order with fewer than 30 species found only in the western USA and Canada, and parts of China, Korea and Japan.

Commonly known as rock crawlers or ice crawlers, they are usually found at high altitudes, and share some characters with the orders Dictyoptera and Phasmida.

Grylloblattid Credit: Oregon Caves
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