![]() ![]() Mole crickets have one generation per year. The southern mole cricket is a predator, but sometimes causes mechanical damage to tender young plants as it tunnels along just below the surface hunting for worms and other small soil organisms. It also sometimes damages vegetable transplants, tobacco, and various bedding plants. The tawny mole cricket feeds on many types of herbaceous plants, but seems to prefer grasses (both turf and pasture). Nymphs look like the adults but are without wings. Color ranges from golden-brown to gray-brown for the introduced (pest) species to rich, chestnut-brown for the native northern mole cricket, which is not a pest in most cases. Adults are elongate, cylindrical, about 1" long, with jumping hind legs, and with front legs modified into short, broad spades with jagged edges that are held alongside and in front of the head. ![]() There are 3 species of mole crickets in Georgia, all with similar overall appearance.
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