Mole_cricket Mole_cricket

Mole cricket - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Candor, Cicada, Cracker, Firecracker, Grasshopper, Hopper, Horn, Locust, Noisemaker, Rattlebox
Mole crickets
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Family:Gryllotalpidae
Genera

Gryllotalpa
Neocurtilla
Scapteriscus

Mole crickets are a family (Gryllotalpidae) of crickets with mole-like forelegs. They spend nearly all their lives underground in extensive tunnel systems.

Mole crickets eat both plants and animals, with some species being mostly herbivorous and others mostly carnivorous.

Four out of the seven species present in North America are immigrant from Europe and causes considerable damage.

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