Mole Cricket - an insect the size of about 5 centimeters, living almost on the whole territory of our continent.The exceptions are the Scandinavian countries.
mole crickets larva imago itself is something between a beetle, grasshoppers and, oddly enough, cancer.Why is that?Color dark brown from the back and light brown on the abdomen.The front part of the body is called the cephalothorax.The head is small, with a mustache, who works as an antenna and compound eyes.This means that the insect has a review of 360 degrees.It covers the back shell, very hard, it protects internal organs from damage.The insect has a soft belly, where the digestive system and reproduction.At the head - powerful jaws with tentacles.The two front legs are more like claws.What is not cancer?The resemblance ends.The shape of the body with the feet resembles a grasshopper.Especially that mole crickets have hard wings.Well, by the behavior of this bug.Here is an interesting creation.
Larva Medvedkov photos demonstrate it looks like a mature individual, but without wings.These insects lay their eggs in the ground in May.To do this, they make dense "cocoon", lay it on the top layer of soil, rammed earth
so that the hollow chamber is obtained with solid walls on which are moves in different directions.Here the female lays at least 300 eggs."Mothers" is quite a responsible attitude to their duties, she takes care of the larvae hatching from the time (two weeks after laying) and to the second molt, about 1-1.5 months.But sometimes the parent controls the number of offspring, eating part.Larva mole crickets are born already similar to the adult insects, it is growing, increasing in size, molt, shedding old shell.The bigger they get, the more food they need.
larva and adult mole crickets like damp but sunny places, which can be found near the reservoirs, ponds and lakes, they are particularly partial to fresh manure.These insects are omnivorous.They simply eat all the roots that are planted in the area, they do not care, it's potatoes, beets and carrots.Do not disdain the larva mole crickets with their relatives back eggplant, cabbage, fruit trees and bushes, it will not give up on earthworms and other small insects.Winters mole cricket beneath the ground 1.5 meters or in dung heaps.
May beetle larva and mole crickets can inflict serious damage to crops, so you should take care of the preventive measures.These include the digging of the soil in late autumn and spring, deep loosening between rows (10 cm), using some tricks.For example, a trap for mole crickets from manure.On a piece of plywood or other material is placed fresh manure, this bait is spread on land in places where the pest has been seen, and left for a few days.Later, the old trap is necessary to collect and burn, and fresh - again to distribute.Good agents also help industrial production, such as "Medvetoks."It is used for instruction.
