What is Mole cricket?
{{Taxobox | name = Mole cricket | image = Mole cricket02.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''[[Gryllotalpa brachyptera]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Orthoptera]] | subordo = [[Ensifera]] | superfamilia = [[Grylloidea]] | familia = '''Gryllotalpidae''' | familia_authority = [[Henri Louis Frederic de Saussure|Saussure]], 1870 | range_map = Gryllotalpidae-verbreitung.png | range_map_width = 250px | range_map_caption = distribution Gryllotalpidae }} The '''mole crickets''' are the family '''Gryllotalpidae''', of broad [[insect]]s about 3–5&nbsp;cm (1-2&nbsp;inches) long, with large eyes and shovel-like forelimbs for burrowing and swimming. Mole crickets are [[omnivores]] or meat eaters, feeding on [[larva]]e, [[worm]]s, [[root]]s, and [[grass]]es. Common predators of mole crickets include [[bird]]s, [[rat]]s, [[skunk]]s, [[armadillo]]s, [[raccoon]]s and [[fox]]es. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Orthoptera]]