David Element
Wildlife
Photography and Digital Video Images
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Grasshoppers and Crickets 13 - Mole Crickets
MOLE CRICKET Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (f)
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The
elusive Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
(the scientific name means precisely the same as the vernacular, albeit twice!)
is rarely easy to photograph as it will usually try to bury itself at the
slightest disturbance. However, this splendid female was spotted on a
horse-track in the South of France and, although highly mobile, it was possible
to take a short sequence before she disappeared.
OTHER USEFUL LINKS:
- The Natural History Museum has a webpage with further useful information about the status of this extraordinary species. In addition, a recording of the song of the Mole Cricket may be downloaded from: http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:sQFw80iLQcsJ:www.nhm.ac.uk/science/news/news.htm+%22mole+cricket%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
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