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European Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
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Marvelwood School
Possible Underground mole or camel Cricket -
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
South Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
June 4, 2019
Size: three inches
Found when digging fence posts in wet soil. Looks similar to a northern mole cricket but this one was much larger.
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Marvelwood School
on 30 June, 2019 - 6:32pm
Last updated 4 July, 2019 - 3:52pm
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This is the introduced Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (from Europe), established in Westchester co, NY, and a few adjacent counties in CT. Much larger than the native Neocurtilla as you noted; there are also differences in the tibial dactyls on the forelegs. Hoping to see these for myself this fall.
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Thank you!
Thank you for clarifying our ID Request with respect to the Gryllotapla species. I never even knew we had an introduced species.
Cheers,
Laurie
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Marvelwood School
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Ken Wolgemuth
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