Mole cricket  (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)

Species information

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Authentication

Information supplied and authenticated by Bryan Pinchen (independent ecologist). Bryan Pinchen, Co-ordinator, Mole Cricket Working Group. 7 Brookland Close, Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire. SO41 8JE. Email: forficula@lineone.net

Glossary

  • Orthopteran: member of the group of insects comprising crickets, grasshoppers and locusts. They typically have large hind-legs modified for jumping.
  • Ovipositor: egg-laying organ in female insects consisting of outgrowths of the abdomen (the hind region of the body in insects). The stinging organ and poison sac of worker bees and non-reproductive female wasps is a modified ovipositor.

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