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Spotting

Description:

2 inches long

Habitat:

rice fields, banks of freshwater rivers, streams

Notes:

local term is KAGAYKAY.

1 Species ID Suggestions

valgaavmiko
valgaavmiko 10 years ago
Oriental Mole Cricket (immature)
Gryllotalpa orientalis Gryllotalpa orientalis


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2 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

Speaking comparatively,this cricket has strong arms and hands,whereas the jeruslem cricket has strong legs for digging mud.

It's a cricketlike insect from the family Gryllotalpidae. Should be from the genus Gryllotalpa, if you look at this map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gryllo...

UweyCk
Spotted by
UweyCk

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Nov 5, 2013
Submitted on Nov 5, 2013

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