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'''Mole crickets''' are fossorial [[insects]] belonging to the order Othoptera and family Gryllotalpidae, spending most of the life underground. <ref name="underground">Endo, Chihiro. “The Underground Life of the Oriental Mole Cricket: An Analysis of Burrow Morphology.” Journal of Zoology 273, no. 4 (2007): 414–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00345.x.</ref> Mole crickets encompass seven genera and contain about 100 species worldwide. <ref> Ingrisch, Sigfrid, and D.C.F. Rentz. “Orthoptera: Grasshoppers, Locusts, Katydids, Crickets.” Essay. In Encyclopedia of Insects, Seconded., 732–43. Academic Press, 2009. </ref> Their specialized forelegs allow them to dig and construct burrows in the [[soil]]. Their burrows are carefully constructed. <ref name="underground" /> | |||
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|+ !colspan="2" style="min-width:12em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(153,205,254)|'''Mole Cricket''' <ref>“Mole Cricket Control in Lawns and Turf.” ngturf.com, April 2022. https://ngturf.com/mole-cricket-control-in-lawns-and-turf/.</ref> | |+ !colspan="2" style="min-width:12em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(153,205,254)|'''Mole Cricket''' <ref>“Mole Cricket Control in Lawns and Turf.” ngturf.com, April 2022. https://ngturf.com/mole-cricket-control-in-lawns-and-turf/.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 20:34, 4 April 2023
Mole crickets are fossorial insects belonging to the order Othoptera and family Gryllotalpidae, spending most of the life underground. [1] Mole crickets encompass seven genera and contain about 100 species worldwide. [2] Their specialized forelegs allow them to dig and construct burrows in the soil. Their burrows are carefully constructed. [1]
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| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Orthoptera |
| Family | Gryllotalpidae |
Habitat
Diet & Behavior
Life Cycle
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Endo, Chihiro. “The Underground Life of the Oriental Mole Cricket: An Analysis of Burrow Morphology.” Journal of Zoology 273, no. 4 (2007): 414–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00345.x.
- ↑ Ingrisch, Sigfrid, and D.C.F. Rentz. “Orthoptera: Grasshoppers, Locusts, Katydids, Crickets.” Essay. In Encyclopedia of Insects, Seconded., 732–43. Academic Press, 2009.
- ↑ “Mole Cricket Control in Lawns and Turf.” ngturf.com, April 2022. https://ngturf.com/mole-cricket-control-in-lawns-and-turf/.
- ↑ “Gryllotalpidae.” itis.gov, n.d. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102369#null.