Gryllotalpa nitidula
Mole Cricket at Bruce, ACT
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| Gryllotalpa nitidula | RogerF | 5 Oct 2021 | |
| Gryllotalpa nitidula | trevorpreston | 5 Oct 2021 | |
| Gryllotalpa | RogerF | 2 Apr 2020 | |
| Gryllotalpa | Bron | 2 Apr 2020 |
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This is a guess based on the look of the insect - it was in the mud at the side of the pond, and much smaller than an adult Mole Cricket
2 comments
5 Oct 2021
In trying to identify mole cricket species using "A Guide To Crickets of Australia" by David Rentz and You Ning Su, I believe this to be Gryllotalpa nitidula. The only group of mole crickets with a smooth and shiny pronotum is the Nitidula group composed of 2 species (Rentz p 354), only one of which occurs in the ACT (the other only occurs in Queenland). Therefore this must be Gryllotalpa nitidula.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.087204-35.254049
- Maps Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill
- Places Bruce, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 10 Feb 2019 05:23 AM Recorded on
- Bron Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Bron Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Gryllotalpa nitidula Crickets (Orthoptera, several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Gryllotalpa nitidula Scientific name
- Mole Cricket Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 80.82m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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