Date: 1/04/2008 17:27:36
From: Happy Potter
ID: 8065
Subject: Friend or Foe ?

I see these bug’s running about my place often.
They are semi soft bodied and about 2 cm or one inch long.
This one I got out of the dog’s mouth, that’s why it’s all dirty and half eaten looking, Max loves to chase them.
What are they ?



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Date: 1/04/2008 17:31:20
From: orchid40
ID: 8066
Subject: re: Friend or Foe ?

I dunno, HP, but I get them here too. Not very attractive, are they?

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Date: 1/04/2008 17:34:15
From: bubba louie
ID: 8067
Subject: re: Friend or Foe ?

It’s a Mole Cricket.

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Date: 1/04/2008 17:41:42
From: Happy Potter
ID: 8068
Subject: re: Friend or Foe ?

Oh ok so it is. Thanks BL .
Not real damaging then. Love’s burrowing under turf..thats why I see the chook’s nabbing them now and then.

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Date: 1/04/2008 17:43:25
From: bubba louie
ID: 8069
Subject: re: Friend or Foe ?

I think I read somewhere that they can be a problem in large numbers but I’ve never experienced it.

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Date: 1/04/2008 17:54:19
From: pepper
ID: 8070
Subject: re: Friend or Foe ?

bubba louie said:


I think I read somewhere that they can be a problem in large numbers but I’ve never experienced it.

we have them here too.
potentially they are a foe but i haven’t had any probs.

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Date: 1/04/2008 17:58:16
From: bluegreen
ID: 8071
Subject: re: Friend or Foe ?

sound like they would be good chook food :)

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Date: 1/04/2008 19:29:48
From: Lucky1
ID: 8082
Subject: re: Friend or Foe ?

bluegreen said:


sound like they would be good chook food :)

Cat food too… we often find a cricket with it’s legs in the air in the morning and a cat fang piercing through its gut area….lol

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Date: 2/04/2008 18:52:55
From: pain master
ID: 8206
Subject: re: Friend or Foe ?

Mole Crickets Rock! Put your hand flat on the ground in front of them, and they will pry your fingers apart to try and find the darkness :)

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Date: 15/04/2008 20:25:31
From: aquarium
ID: 9585
Subject: re: Friend or Foe ?

normally they dig little holes in soil and make the typical late summer dry weather mating calls. i think because i used bentonite on my whole backyard, vegie garden and grass, i had hardly any mole crickets making noise in my backyard. they must like dryish conditions.

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