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Big head bug - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Copyright © 2014 Maryk

Big head bug - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York, USA
July 27, 2014
Size: 1.5 inches or larger
Contributed by Maryk on 27 July, 2014 - 5:44pm

this is a mole cricket nymph
and I'm pretty sure it's Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa. Nice find!
… metrioptera, 27 July, 2014 - 6:10pm

 
ID
Wonderful thank you. I thought it might be nymph phase but didn't know of what. Great!!
… Maryk, 27 July, 2014 - 6:29pm

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