strange looking bug (looks like a cross between a gopher and a craw dead but it has wings also and claws) - Neocurtilla hexadactyla

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Copyright © 2009 Ancil Clay Lambert

strange looking bug (looks like a cross between a gopher and a craw dead but it has wings also and claws) - Neocurtilla hexadactyla -

Proctorville, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA
August 12, 2009
Size: 2 1/2 inches long

strange looking bug (looks like a cross between a gopher and a craw dead but it has wings also and claws)sex and maturity level unknown

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strange looking bug (looks like a cross between a gopher and a craw dead but it has wings also and claws) - Neocurtilla hexadactyla - female

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Contributed by Ancil Clay Lambert on 12 August, 2009 - 12:23pm
Last updated 21 June, 2017 - 9:32pm

Moved

Moved from Mole Crickets.

… David J. Ferguson, 1 May, 2010 - 5:49am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Kevin Hall, 23 August, 2009 - 7:08pm

mole cricket, Family Gryllotalpidae

I'm not sure which species occur in Ohio. I can see by the map data, that the Northern Mole Cricket - Neocurtilla hexadactyla is a possibility. Maybe somebody can sort it out for sure. Here's a link for general info on the mole crickets, Family Gryllotalpidae

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… Andrew Williams, 12 August, 2009 - 12:32pm

Thanks very much for sheding some light on this matter for me

I been woundering what this was. (thought we were being invaded lol)

… Ancil Clay Lambert, 12 August, 2009 - 12:40pm

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