Gryllotalpa cultriger Uhler Distribution and Damage The main
distribution is probably in Mexico, as it is uncommon along the
US border. It is not considered a pest. As with other mole
crickets in the genus Gryllotalpa , the tibia of the western
mole cricket has four dactyls. There is a row of five spines on
the upper margin of the tibia of each hind leg. This
characteristic is shared by the European and oriental mole
crickets, but not by the prairie mole cricket. In the western
and oriental mole crickets, the ocelli are elliptical, and the
ocellar-ocular distance is less than the ocellar length. In the
western mole cricket the inter-ocellar distance is less than the
ocellar length, whereas in the oriental mole cricket the inter-
ocellar distance is greater than the ocellar length. The life
cycle and seasonality of this species have not been studied, as
it is very uncommon in the USA. Return to Knowledgebase Menu