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Mole cricket (veenmol)

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Beer_Belly:
No mole hills, the only evidence is every so often there is a hole about 1cm in diameter, they obviously surface every so often.

Obviously when a few carrots or onions wilt and you pull them up and the roots are gone you also know they've neen there.

-B_B-

kenkew:
Now then. I've been looking into this mole-cricket chappy (Gryllotalpa gryllotaipa) and very interesting it is!
Up to 50mm long. Common in North and central Europe. They live in damp areas where the soil is fairly soft. Sounds like a night jar but softer. Possibly able to fly but very rarely. Can't jump. Has strong front legs for burrowing. They can be found where their main food source is and that happens to be insect larva, so it's possibly a friend! Maybe it's chasing down the bugs that are eating your carrots?

ina:
Very interesting (at a distance hahaha), never seen anything like it and don't wish to. Not really common in Holland is it BB?

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