Mole Cricket
in entomology, any individual of the genus Gryllotalpa. It is about an inch and a half long, dark brown in color. In the forelegs there is a strong analogy with the moles. Lands infested by the mole cricket are recognizable by the vegetation, which is yellow and withered, from the roots being eaten off by the insect in its burrowing operations not for food, as its diet is chiefly underground insects and worms. It flies occasionally in the evening, and produces a note somewhat like like that of the goatsucker.