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European mole cricket
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
40.0917, 23.3336
Field Notes
Description:
About 4 cm long. The cricket is dark brown with a silky shimmer and yellowish underside and is covered with fine velvety hairs. The forelegs are powerful and modified for digging.
Habitat:
Widespread in Europe, cricket normally remains below the ground. Favoured habitats include damp rich soils, flood plains, reservoir edges, irrigated and well-fertilized fields and vegetable gardens.
Notes:
The scientific name is derived from the Latin 'gryllus' meaning a cricket and 'talpa', a mole
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PublishedJune 6, 2018
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