Northern Mole Cricket
Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty, 1832)
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Northern Mole Cricket in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/27/2022). (c) Janet Gingold, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). - Janet Gingold via iNaturalist.

Northern Mole Cricket in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/13/2022). (c) jugbayjs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). - jugbayjs via iNaturalist.

Northern Mole Cricket in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/3/2022). (c) mrsn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). - mrsn via iNaturalist.

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Northern mole cricket
Illustration of Neocurtilla hexadactyla from Insects, their way and means of living by Robert Evans Snodgrass.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllotalpidae
Genus: Neocurtilla
Species:
N. hexadactyla
Binomial name
Neocurtilla hexadactyla
(Perty, 1832)

Neocurtilla hexadactyla, commonly known as the northern mole cricket, is a species of mole cricket that is native to eastern North America.[1][2] It also occurs in South America, where it may be an adventive species.[3] Its range extends from the southern reaches of eastern Canada and through the eastern and central United States.[3]

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  1. ^ "Species Neocurtilla hexadactyla". Bugguide. Iowa State University. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  2. ^ "Mole Cricket". Texas AgriLife Extension Service: A Field Guide To Common Texas Insects. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Northern Mole Cricket". Singing Insects of North America. University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department. Retrieved September 15, 2011.