Mole Cricket Hunter Cricket vs Northern Flower Longhorn

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Mole Cricket Hunter Cricket Northern Flower Longhorn
Scientific Name Luzara dealata Pachyta lamed
Order Orthoptera Coleoptera
Family Gryllidae Cerambycidae
Size 8-12 mm 12-20 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Detritivores Root Feeders
Regions Southeast Asia, India Scandinavia, Russia, Siberia, northern Japan
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Mole Cricket Hunter Cricket

A small, dark cricket native to tropical Asia often found in leaf litter and loose soil. It is wingless and nocturnal, foraging on the forest floor.

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Did You Know?

Despite being tiny and wingless, it is remarkably fast on the ground and can disappear into leaf litter in an instant.

Northern Flower Longhorn

A robust flower longhorn with black elytra bearing variable yellow-orange markings, found in boreal and montane conifer forests. Larvae develop in roots of spruce and pine. Adults visit flowers in forest clearings during midsummer.

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Did You Know?

The species name lamed refers to the Hebrew letter, due to the L-shaped marking on each elytron.