Larra bicolor (F.) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) is an introduced biological control agent of pest Scapteriscus mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) in northern Florida. The pests are of southern ...

Ah, summer nights and the soothing melodic sounds of crickets. Another sound is mixed into the melody. The song is almost pure tone, modulating into chirps. Could it be a southern mole cricket ...

If you don't want to welcome predators that can harm your yard, you can introduce certain wasps or nematodes for biocontrol. If you see more than two to four mole crickets per 2-square-foot radius, it ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Jun., 1978), pp. 57-61 (5 pages) Females of the parasitic tachinid Euphasiopteryx ochracea (Bigot), the culicid Corethrella wirthi Stone or ally, and 7 ...

Question: I have sent you photos of some odd looking creatures in my neighbor’s yard. What are they? Answer: They are mole crickets. These unusual looking insects our not common in our area of the ...