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) » Gryllotalpa » European Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
Photo#1666042
Unidentified bug - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Copyright © 2019 Jeanne Hall

Unidentified bug - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, USA
May 25, 2019
Size: About 1 inch in length
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Jeanne Hall on 26 May, 2019 - 7:42am
Last updated 26 May, 2019 - 11:18am

Moved
This photo may only show the head and pronotum of the insect (the rest of the body probably was eaten by a bird), but the pose it died in is perfect to show the inner side of the foreleg, which has the necessary identifying features of Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, a European species currently introduced only in the vicinity of Westchester county. See the key at SINA: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/s341k1.htm

Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 26 May, 2019 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

Mole Cricket


(Not necessarily this species.)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 May, 2019 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

 
Mole Cricket
Thanks for the ID! I see now that I was only looking at half of the bug.
… Jeanne Hall, 26 May, 2019 - 9:44am 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