Gryllotalpa
1 Mole Cricket at Queanbeyan West, NSW
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| Gryllotalpa | RogerF | 24 Feb 2021 | |
| Gryllotalpa | MichaelBedingfield | 24 Feb 2021 | |
| Unverified | Speedsta | 24 Feb 2021 |
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2 comments
5 Oct 2021
I've suggested this is Gryllotalpa australis based on the very dark tegmina anterior to the stridulatory vein, and the velvety pronotum. (A Guide to Crickets of Australia by David Rentz and You Ning Su p 354 and 357.)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.202605-35.362609
- Places Queanbeyan West, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 30 Dec 2020 11:10 AM Recorded on
- Speedsta Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Speedsta Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Gryllotalpa sp. (genus) Crickets (Orthoptera, several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera) Insects
Species information
- Gryllotalpa Scientific name
- Mole Cricket Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1035m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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