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Taxonomy
Gryllotalpa africana
EOL Text
Type for Gryllotalpa oryctes Scudder
Catalog Number: USNM
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology
Sex/Stage: Female;
Preparation: Riker Mount
Collector(s): G. Hadger & T. Lyman
Locality: China, Unknown
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Gryllotalpa africana, also known as the African Mole Cricket, is a relatively small mole cricket species, native to Africa, but local populations exist in Asia, and southern Europe.
Biology[edit]
The species is omnivorous. The mole cricket lives underground, making burrows and feeding on plant roots, larvae and other insects. It goes to the surface only at night - mostly in the mating season. It can fly too, when changing territory or when females are searching for males. Males call females by chirping. This cricket is considered a pest in some regions.
References[edit]
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