Neocurtilla hexadactyla

Northern mole cricket
Illustration of Neocurtilla hexadactyla from Insects, their way and means of living by Robert Evans Snodgrass.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllotalpidae
Genus:	Neocurtilla
Species:	N. hexadactyla
Binomial name
Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty, 1832)

Figure 1. Collected in GA Baldwin Co a Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty 1832) found on September 23, 2024 by S. Mears

Neocurtilla hexadactyla, commonly known as the northern mole cricket, is a species of mole cricket that is native to eastern North America. ^{[2] [3]} It also occurs in South America, where it may be an adventive species. ^[4] Its range extends from the southern reaches of eastern Canada and through the eastern and central United States. ^[4] It is preyed upon by the wasp Larra analis , which parasitizes live mole cricket hosts. ^[5]

References

1. "Key to the genera of the Gryllotalpidae found in the Southeastern United States". mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
2. "Species Neocurtilla hexadactyla". Bugguide. Iowa State University. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
3. "Mole Cricket". Texas AgriLife Extension Service: A Field Guide To Common Texas Insects. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
4. "Northern Mole Cricket". Singing Insects of North America. University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
5. Smith, C. E. (June 1935). "Larra analis Fabricius, a Parasite of the Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa hexadactyla Perty". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 37 (4): 65–82 – via CABI Digital Library.