Family Mole Crickets (Gryllotalpidae)
Gryllotalpidae is a family in the order Orthoptera. Browse 20 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.
Species in Gryllotalpidae (20)
European Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Identification: Brown, covered with velvety hair. Front legs modified for digging. Females lack the external ovipositor of other crickets. Introduced from Europe. It reached pest proportions in the 1910s
Lesser Short-winged Mole Cricket
Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus
Identification: Adults with very reduced wings. Accidentally introduced from South America Florida University
Southern Mole Cricket
Neoscapteriscus borellii
Identification: Brown to pinkish, pronotum dark with four pale spots
African Molecricket
Gryllotalpa africana
Southern Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa australis
Gryllotalpa formosana
Gryllotalpa formosana
Gryllotalpa fulvipes
Gryllotalpa fulvipes
Krimbas's Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa krimbasi
Prairie Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa major
Dark Night Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa monanka
Gryllotalpa nitidula
Gryllotalpa nitidula
Oriental Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa orientalis
Gryllotalpa ornata
Gryllotalpa ornata
Gryllotalpa pluvialis
Gryllotalpa pluvialis
Gryllotalpa quindecim
Gryllotalpa quindecim
Gryllotalpa septemdecimchromosomica
Gryllotalpa septemdecimchromosomica
Steppe Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa stepposa
Vineyard Mole-cricket
Gryllotalpa vineae
Northern Mole Cricket
Neocurtilla hexadactyla
Tawny Mole Cricket
Neoscapteriscus vicinus