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Name

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

mole cricket, onion cricket,

Framing

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Hexapoda

Subclass: Insecta

Order: Orthoptera

Suborder: Ensifera

Family: Gryllotalpidae

Genus: Gryllotalpa

Species: gryllotalpa

Habitat

Wet habitats (cultivated fields, meadows, stream banks and marshes, etc.) often with sandy soils, where it builds tunnels.

Feeding

Herbivore

Distribution

From North Africa to West Asia, being present in much of Europe.

Conservation status

Minor concern

Additional information

Very large and flattened anterior legs. Hairy body. Short forewings, well developed hind wings. Flies on hot afternoons.

Additional information

Bibliography

- Aguirre Segura, A. y Barranco Vega, P.. 2015.Clase Insecta. Orden Orthoptera. Revista IDE@ – SEA, No 46, pp 1–13. Ibero Diversidad Entomológica @ccessible. ISSN: 2386-7183. - Cigliano, M.M., H. Braun, D.C. Eades & D. Otte. Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. - Gorochov, A.V. & V. Llorente 2001. Estudio taxonómico preliminar de los Grylloidea de España (Insecta, Orthoptera). Graellsia, 57(2): 95-139.