North American gryllacridoids belong to three families: Rhaphidophoridae (camel crickets, 149 species), Stenopelmatidae (Jerusalem crickets, 10 species), and Gryllacrididae (Carolina leaf-roller, 1 species). Specimens can be placed to family by comparison with the images below. Identifying characters are given with the enlarged images (accessed by clicking on the thumbnails).

Rhaphidophoridae camel crickets	Stenopelmatidae Jerusalem crickets	Gryllacrididae Carolina leaf-roller