Is mole cricket an insect?

Mole cricket, also known as Lala Oratosquilla, Dilatosquilla, soil Dog, ground Gog, Water Dog, du Monkey and Grass Dog, can be seen in most parts of our country. Is it an insect? What are the habits of life?

Is mole cricket an insect?

Mole cricket is an insect, which belongs to Orthoptera and Gryllidae. It is mainly divided into North China mole cricket, Oriental mole cricket, Taiwan mole cricket and common mole cricket, which are distributed in most areas of our country.

What is the life habit of mole cricket?

Mole cricket overwinters as adults or nymphs underground and rises to the surface after the Qingming Festival. The most active time is from the first ten days of May to the middle of June, the spawning period is from June to July, and after the middle of October, it drills into the deep soil one after another to survive the winter. They like sweet substances, such as half-cooked millet, fried bean cakes, wheat bran and organic fertilizers such as horse dung, which can harm the seedlings of corn and its crops.

Mole cricket is a polyphagous pest that gnaws on the stems and leaves of all kinds of vegetables. Therefore, before planting the plant, you can do a good job of prevention and control, or chemical irrigation, or drug seed dressing, and so on. In addition, some control agents should be sprayed on the seedlings.