The Confusing Mole Cricket: Male, dorsal

The Confusing Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa coarctata)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids (Orthoptera)

Family:

Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

The Confusing Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa coarctata)

This Photo:

🔍Male, dorsal🔎

Thank you Thaddeus Charles Jones for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Record in SA on Atlas:
~31mm long.
It has hairy antennae, and is fact relatively furry.
Notice the powerful front claws for digging dirt & making tunnels. The rear legs have long spines for moving the loose dirt back.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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