Southern Mole Cricket. The southern mole cricket is largely carnivorous and apparently does less damage to established grass than the tawny and short winged mole crickets which are mostly herbivorous. However often times they do not completely eliminate the problem.
The southern mole cricket is a lawn damaging insect primarily found in the southern parts of the united states particularly in the coastal regions. The southern mole cricket has a number of natural enemies that help to keep their population in check. Unlike most mole crickets that feed on decomposing organic matter and roots the nymphs and adults of the.
Mole crickets are members of the insect family gryllotalpidae in the order orthoptera grasshoppers locusts and crickets.
Hayslip 1943 see additional references on genus page. The southern mole cricket is a lawn damaging insect primarily found in the southern parts of the united states particularly in the coastal regions. It was introduced about 1900 into florida and georgia from southern south america. The southern mole cricket arrived from southern south america in about 1900 in florida and georgia and spread north and west.
