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Gryllotalpidae is a family of insects related to crickets and grasshoppers, commonly known as mole crickets. These burrowing insects are notable for their powerful front legs adapted for digging through soil, and they matter because they can significantly damage crops and lawns by feeding on plant roots and creating tunnels underground.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOrthoptera
- FamilyGryllotalpidae
Die Maulwurfsgrillen (Gryllotalpidae) sind eine Familie der Heuschrecken. Sie umfasst etwa 100 Arten in sechs Gattungen (plus einige nur fossil bekannte). In Mitteleuropa ist die Europäische Maulwurfsgrille (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa) die einzige Art.
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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 and where they have arrived in new regions, they may become agricultural pests.
Mole crickets have three life stages: eggs, nymphs, and adults. Most of their lives in these stages are spent underground, but adults have wings and disperse in the breeding season. They vary in their diet: some species are herbivores, mainly feeding on roots; others are omnivores, including worms and grubs in their diet; and a few are largely predatory. Male mole crickets have an exceptionally loud song; they sing from a burrow that opens out into the air in the shape of an exponential horn. The song is an almost pure tone, modulated into chirps. It is used to attract females, either for mating, or for indicating favourable habitats for them to lay their eggs.