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Unknown Monster - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
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Unknown Monster - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Westchester County, New York, USA
July 7, 2019
Size: approx. 2"

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Unknown Monster - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Unknown Monster - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
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Contributed by jbozz318 on 7 July, 2019 - 12:35pm
Last updated 8 July, 2019 - 2:38pm

Moved
This is a nymph of the introduced (from Europe) Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, currently only established in Westchester county and a few adjacent counties in CT

Moved from Mole Crickets.
… metrioptera, 8 July, 2019 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Mole Cricket
Thanks! I didn't even know about that one...
… Ken Allison, 8 July, 2019 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 8 July, 2019 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

Northern Mole Cricket?
I'm no cricket expert but looks like a mole cricket with those digging spines on the forelegs. Going on range, Northern Mole Cricket, Neocurtilla hexadactyla, seems most likely. Hopefully, an expert will confirm... or correct!
… Ken Allison, 7 July, 2019 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I think you're right!
… jbozz318, 7 July, 2019 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

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