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ORTHOPTERA Grasshoppers, crickets, mantids… ORTHOPTERA Orthos: straight Ptera: wings Incomplete Chewing mouthparts MOLE CRICKET • • • • Southern: carnivore (4 dots) Tawny: herbivore (plant pest) Introduced species are problem Native species not so much MOLE CRICKET • HOSTS: Turfgrass – Bermudagrass – Centipdedgrass MOLE CRICKET DAMAGE • Eat roots and shoots at night • Disruptive tunnels • Predatory damage MOLE CRICKET SAMPLING • Disclosing solution MOLE CRICKET CONTROL • Insecticide, July to mid-September – Nymphs actively feeding • Biocontrol – Nematodes – Parasitic wasp
