Gryllotalpa australis

Mole cricket at Lyneham, ACT

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Identification history

Gryllotalpa australis	4 Dec 2021	RogerF
Gryllotalpa australis	3 Dec 2021	trevorpreston
Gryllotalpa sp.	2 Dec 2021	trevorpreston

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Under rock in lyneham high school courtyard. 20-25mm

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trevorpreston wrote:

3 Dec 2021

I have suggested this mole cricket is Gryllotalpa australis (Rentz p357). It is not nitidula because its pronota is not smooth shiny and dark, leaving australis or coarctata. I believe its australis because of how dark the tegmina are.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
2 Dec 2021 12:58 PM Recorded on
trevorpreston Recorded by
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Insects Crickets (Orthoptera, several families) Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Gryllotalpa australis Scientific name
Mole cricket Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 709.17m Recorded at altitude
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