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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)
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Unknown Clawed Insect - Neocurtilla hexadactyla
Copyright © 2011 pwamsley

Unknown Clawed Insect - Neocurtilla hexadactyla
Great Falls Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
September 4, 2011
The park ranger said he hadn't seen an insect like this before. It had surprisingly strong claws on its front legs, powerful enough to pry my fingers apart. Once released on the ground, it was able to run very quickly.

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Contributed by pwamsley on 4 September, 2011 - 3:43pm
Last updated 3 March, 2013 - 9:16am

Moved
Moved from Mole Crickets.
… David J. Ferguson, 3 March, 2013 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

This is the only the second mole cricket on Bug Guide for Virginia.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 6 September, 2011 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

Good Find
I still can't believe a park ranger, an "outdoor" professional had never seen a mole cricket, at least in a book. I bet Yogi Bear would have known. Mole crickets are just to cool.

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 6 September, 2011 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpidae is the family name....
… Gary Griswold, 4 September, 2011 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

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