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Southern Mole Cricket - Neoscapteriscus borellii - female
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Southern Mole Cricket - Neoscapteriscus borellii - Female
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 20, 2004
Size: 33 mm
Came to a light, chilled, posed, and released. Length measured at about 33 mm. Image updated 1/15/17.

Compare Northern Mole Cricket, Neocurtilla hexadactyla, which has differently colored pronotum and shorter wings:


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Southern Mole Cricket - Neoscapteriscus borellii - female Southern Mole Cricket - Neoscapteriscus borellii - female
Contributed by Cotinis on 17 June, 2004 - 6:23pm
Last updated 15 January, 2017 - 12:28pm

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