Gryllotalpa africana

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Gryllotalpa africana (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Bernard Dupont
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 - (African mole cricket)

This mole cricket is found in Africa and has been reported from some warmer parts of Asia, Europe and Australia. In some areas, it can be a pest of seedlings (e.g. rice) and grasses, attacking the roots. However, it is also a predator of soil insects.