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Indian Mole Cricket

Gryllotalpa krishnani

About

A mole cricket endemic to the Indian subcontinent found in irrigated crop fields. It damages seedling roots in rice nurseries and vegetable plots.

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Did You Know?

Farmers in southern India locate its burrows by following the churring song to the source and flooding the tunnel to extract it.