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Cross between bee cricket crab - Neoscapteriscus vicinus

Cross between bee cricket crab - Neoscapteriscus vicinus
Venice, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
March 15, 2015
Size: 1 5/8"
Never see this before, has two tail things, claws like a crab, wings like a wasp, head like a beetle.

Any help identifying this beast to cure my curiosity would be appreciated.

looks like a tawny mole cricket
Scapteriscus vicinus

 
Ah, yes appears to be. Thanks
Ah, yes appears to be. Thanks

More info:
The shortwinged mole cricket was first observed at Tampa, Florida in 1899 but separate introductions were discovered near Miami in 1902 and Brunswick, Georgia in 1904. The southern mole cricket was similarly introduced to major seaports, beginning with Brunswick in 1904, and followed by Charleston, South Carolina in 1915, then Mobile, Alabama in 1919, and finally Port Arthur, Texas in 1925. The tawny mole cricket, Scapteriscus vicinus Scudder, was first observed at Brunswick, Georgia in 1899. The origin of these crickets is uncertain, but Argentina and Uruguay are likely sources because they occur in these areas of southern South America.

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