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European Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
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alylea
What is this? Never seen anything like it! -
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA
May 18, 2017
Size: 2.5-3 inches
Found swimming in a salt water pool. Surface dweller, fast surface swimmer
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alylea
on 19 May, 2017 - 7:32am
Last updated 19 May, 2017 - 9:41am
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Westchester county! This species is introduced from Europe there
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metrioptera
, 19 May, 2017 - 9:41am
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It's a Mole Cricket. Others will be able to take the ID further.
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 19 May, 2017 - 9:26am
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