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Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa sp.
-6.92205, 107.607
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Description:
The mole crickets are the family Gryllotalpidae, in the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts and crickets). Mole crickets are cylindrical-bodied insects about 3–5 centimetres long, with small eyes and shovel-like forelimbs highly developed for burrowing. Mole crickets are omnivores, feeding on larvae, worms, roots, and grasses. Common predators of mole crickets include birds, rats, skunks, armadillos, raccoons, foxes and blue ants.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2013
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