Caconemobius fori, the Kīlauea lava cricket or dark lava cricket (Hawaiian: 'ūhini nēnē pele, lit. 'volcanic chirping cricket'), is a species of lava cricket endemic to the island of Hawai'i.

Mar 20, 2019 · The lava cricket, Caconemobius fori — 'ūhini nēnē pele in Hawaiian—is, according to many biologists, the first multicellular life form to take up residence on new Hawaiian lava flows.

Mar 22, 2019 · Local Hawaiians had long been aware of the crickets’ sudden, post-volcanic presence, but they didn’t appear in scientific journals until 1978, four years after a team from Honolulu’s Bishop...

Aug 28, 2022 · A mysterious cricket that survives in one of the most inhospitable environments on Earth has been filmed walking on lava in footage captured in Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park.

Oct 28, 2025 · Discover the elusive life of Hawaiʻi’s Lava Cricket, thriving on fresh lava fields of Kīlauea. Explore how this cricket adapts to a fiery habitat.

Jan 1, 2024 · Here, we report on the reproductive biology of two species of endemic Hawaiian lava crickets (Caconemobius fori and Caconemobius anahulu) that inhabit barren lava flows on the Big …

Feb 3, 2024 · Here, we report on the reproductive biology of two species of endemic Hawaiian lava crickets (Caconemobius fori and Caconemobius anahulu) that inhabit barren lava flows on the Big …

There are about 15 species distributed from the Pacific coasts of Asia to Hawaii, where they occur in marine environments on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, barren lava fields, and lava tube caves. …

Nov 20, 2025 · A mysterious cricket that survives in one of the most inhospitable environments on Earth has been filmed walking on lava in footage captured in Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park.

Oct 5, 2022 · On Hawai´i Island, the endemic cricket, Caconemobius fori Gurney & Rentz, 1978, is known 16 as the first multicellular life to colonize lava after an eruption from Kīlauea Volcano.