What is this bug?

Penny for scale. Fortunately, it seems to be near death.

Is that a potato bug? I didn't think there were any around here. Now I have to move.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket

Potato bug. Native to CA. Weird.

Don't worry, I'm in New Mexico -- right where you would expect to find a Jerusalem cricket, according to the Wikipedia article. The one I sawlast night has disappeared. Now I'll never get back to sleep.

Is potato bug another name for Jerusalem cricket?

I don't know if it's technically correct (the best kind of correct) but that's what I've always called them.

I just learned that you can email pics of bugs and plants to Michigan State University and they will ID them for you. (Thanks Reddit)

http://www.pestid.msu.edu

RobB said:
I don't know if it's technically correct (the best kind of correct) but that's what I've always called them.

Very interesting. Google "potato bug" and Jerusalem cricket is the first hit. But I grew up calling these things potato bugs:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidium_vulgare

I wonder if it's a regional thing. (I grew up in the Northeast but inherited the term from Southern- and Midwest-bred relatives.)

I think it's one of these.