Fun Fact Friday – Mole Crickets
- Mole Crickets are omnivores.
- Mole Crickets have front claws for digging.
- Mole Crickets have been known to bite humans.
- Mole Crickets’ diet includes grubs, roots, other invertebrates and grass.
- Mole Crickets cause a lot of damage to lawns in two ways: tunneling and eating.
- Mole Crickets are tough to locate because they are under ground and feed at night.
- Some of the Mole Crickets biggest predators are birds, raccoons, wasps, and small mammals.
- Male Mole Crickets serenade, in an attempt to attract females, for about an hour after sunset. Female Mole Crickets typically fly soon after sunset in search of the serenading males.