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European Mole Cricket

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

European Mole Cricket, reference photograph — Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa · observation 368979250 · Roger svk · CC BY

Facts

It spends most of its life below ground in tunnels used for feeding, shelter, mating and raising young.
Males sing from a burrow opening shaped like a horn, which helps project the mating call.
A female lays eggs in an underground chamber and guards the young for about two to three weeks after hatching.

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