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.

References

  1. Haes, E. C. M & Marshall, J. A. (1988) Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland. Harley Books, Colchester.
  2. Haes, E. C. M. & Harding, P. T. (1997) Atlas of grasshoppers, crickets and allied insects in Britain and Ireland. HMSO, London
  3. Biodiversity: The UK Steering Group Report. (1995) Volume 2: Action Plans. HMSO, London.
  4. Latin Dictionary and grammar check
    http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm
  5. Pinchen, B. J. (in press). The Mole Cricket - From beyond the Theatre.