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Thread: following on from NM's lizard topic....

  1. 12th September 2007, 08:44 AM #1
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    following on from NM's lizard topic....

    What the hell is this insect... nobody that i know, knows! by the way its about an inch and a half long or a little more!

    http://picasaweb.google.com/rachands...72527479782242

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  2. 12th September 2007, 08:49 AM #2
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    I think you'll find it is what is called a 'mole cricket'.
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  3. 12th September 2007, 08:52 AM #3
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    Makes sense... as it digs...

    looks bloody evil tho.. im assuming they are passive and not dangerous in any way then!?

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  4. 12th September 2007, 08:54 AM #4
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    It like most animals.......don't annoy it and it won't annoy you.
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  5. 12th September 2007, 09:01 AM #5
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    and with that info i can find out loads about them!

    it is a relatively new newcomer (hence none of the aussies i work with know it) and the one we have seen is classed as a very new species!

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  6. 13th September 2007, 07:58 PM #6
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    In numbers they can do a lot of damage to lawns.

    Not bad bait for freshwater fishing.
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    That is a mole cricket and I can atest to the fact that they can make mince meet of a lawn or playing filed if they get there in numbers.

    Not a s fearsome as the Kiwis most terrible creature - The Wetta. Looks like one of these on steroids.My Kiwi wife tells me they really bite.

    Not as hard as her mother though I bet
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  8. 13th September 2007, 09:12 PM #8
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    Looks like my mother in law
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  9. 13th September 2007, 09:21 PM #9
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    Yep the mole cricket, quite harmless, put them in your hand and feel the power in their two front whatevers, they can really push your fingers apart!
    We used to call them sandgropers
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    Quote Originally Posted by RichardK View Post
    Yep the mole cricket, quite harmless, put them in your hand and feel the power in their two front whatevers, they can really push your fingers apart!
    We used to call them sandgropers
    Supposed to be Good Luck to have them around and extremely Bad Luck if you Kill one, wooooooo, Regards Frank.
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