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Mole Cricket

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

About

Extraordinary burrowers with powerful shovel-like forelegs adapted for digging. Males construct horn-shaped burrows that amplify their mating calls up to 600 meters.

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Did You Know?

Mole crickets build double-exponential horn-shaped burrows that act as acoustic amplifiers, broadcasting their mating calls at 90 dB β€” audible from 600 meters away.