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Neoscapteriscus borellii, the southern mole cricket, is a species of insect in the family Gryllotalpidae. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] It is native to South America but is also present in the southern United States where it was introduced around 1900.
Neoscapteriscus vicinus, commonly known as the tawny mole cricket, is a species of insect in the mole cricket family, Gryllotalpidae.This species is native to South America and also occurs in the Southern United States, where it arrived as a contaminant of ship's ballast around 1900.
The nematode Steinernema scapterisci kills the mole cricket by carrying bacteria into its body, introducing an overwhelming infection. [ 1 ] [ 11 ] The tachinid fly Ormia depleta is a parasitoid that leaves its carnivorous larva on the body of the mole cricket [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The crabronid wasp Larra bicolor (family Crabronidae ) catches the mole ...
Mole crickets are members of the insect family Gryllotalpidae, in the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets). Mole crickets are cylindrical-bodied, fossorial insects about 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) long as adults, with small eyes and shovel-like fore limbs highly developed for burrowing. They are present in many parts of the world ...
Mole crickets cause more damage to turf than do other insects in Florida. In 1988, it was reported that some forty million dollars was spent each year on mole cricket control in the state, the main species targeted being S. abbreviatus and S. vicinus. It was customary to use organophosphates to control them, but these have fallen out of favour ...
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Neocurtilla hexadactyla, commonly known as the northern mole cricket, is a species of mole cricket that is native to eastern North America. [2] [3] It also occurs in South America, where it may be an adventive species. [4] Its range extends from the southern reaches of eastern Canada and through the eastern and central United States. [4]
Females hunt mole crickets in the genus Scapteriscus, stinging them on the underside to paralyze them for several minutes. A single egg is deposited between the first and second pairs of legs. The wasp then flies off, and the cricket returns to its burrow. Nymphs and adult crickets are attacked, as long as they are large enough.