Cave or Camel Crickets! Two species?

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cat_named_noodles

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We found one of these (the smaller male) in the bathtub one night. The larger female (different species???) we found today on the back porch. Both are cave crickets (aka camel crickets). They are looking for cool moist areas, water and probably food. We've been in a several years-long drought here in Texas, and it seems many creatures come here daily for water (we have a couple ponds, a garden we water every once and a while, and dishes of water for our chickens and ducks). If you can help identify which species these are, I'd appreciate it! Thanks for looking!

Here's a link to the video we took of the male one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkb49hwJJw

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And the much bigger female (check out here pretty face pattern):

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