Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » Mole Crickets (Gryllotalpidae) » Northern Mole Crickets (Neocurtilla) » Northern Mole Cricket (Neocurtilla hexadactyla)
Photo#157922
Northern Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa hexadactyla) ? - Neocurtilla hexadactyla - female
Copyright © 2007 John & Barbara Moerk

Northern Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa hexadactyla) ? - Neocurtilla hexadactyla - Female
Myakka River State Park, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
November 21, 2007
Size: ~1.5"
Pretty sure it's a Northern, not Southern Mole Cricket. Any confirmation?
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by John & Barbara Moerk on 23 November, 2007 - 1:03pm
Last updated 11 October, 2010 - 9:54pm

Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty, 1832)
This is indeed a (female) northern mole cricket, Neocurtilla hexadactyla.

Although the species was originally described in the genus Gryllotalpa by Perty, it has since been moved to Neocurtilla.

Neocurtilla is most readily distinguished from Gryllotalpa by examining the branches of vein Sc in the tegmen (forewing); in Gryllotalpa, all branches point forwards, towards the apex of the wing, whereas in Neocurtilla, the distalmost branches of Sc point backwards, towards the wing base. In addition, the profemoral apophysis is rounded in Neocurtilla, but curved or blade-like in Gryllotalpa. See the University of Florida Mole Cricket Knowledgebase for more info.

Best wishes,

Sam
… Sam W. Heads, 18 December, 2007 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact