The Southern Mole Cricket is a large, burrowing insect with powerful, spade-like forelegs adapted for tunneling through soil. Adults fly to light at night and produce a loud, far-carrying chirp from burrow entrances. Introduced from South America, it is a serious turfgrass pest in the Southeast, tunneling through lawns and feeding on grass roots.
Habitat
Sandy soils, lawns, golf courses, and athletic fields
Diet
Adults and nymphs: grass roots, invertebrates, and plant material
How common
Common
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