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Gryllotalpa orientalis
Peculiar looking insect...head is oddly large, wings look too short to support flight and a good burrower!
My garden...not sure if it crept out of the bag of organic manure or from under it. However it burrowed into the soil extremely rapidly and disappeared in seconds!
Spotted on May 14, 2017
Submitted on May 22, 2017
6 Comments
Yes, thank you for your post and nice comment, SukanyaDatta.
AlyceDodge Nice isn't it when you see a species for the first time. I find that when I do...I see it again and again...as if my eyes are now recognizing it better after having seen it for the first time..
I saw my first mole cricket here in Honolulu, Hawaii on Oct. 26, 2017.
Thank you, Machi and GCDruenn.
Mole cricket
It's a mole cricket. I'm not familiar with the ones in your area but that might help you get searching in the right direction.