Senegalese Grasshopper vs Steppe Mole Cricket

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Senegalese Grasshopper Steppe Mole Cricket
Scientific Name Oedaleus senegalensis Gryllotalpa stepposa
Order Orthoptera Orthoptera
Family Acrididae Gryllotalpidae
Size 20-30 mm 35-45 mm
Habitat Farmland Grasslands
Diet Omnivores Root Feeders
Regions West Africa, Sahel region Eastern Europe, Central Asia
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Senegalese Grasshopper

A small to medium grasshopper with an X-shaped marking on the pronotum and blue hindwings. It is an important crop pest across the Sahel.

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Did You Know?

After good rains in the Sahel, populations can explode so rapidly that they cause significant damage to millet crops within days.

Steppe Mole Cricket

A mole cricket of the Eurasian steppe belt distinguished from other European species by its song and chromosome number. It inhabits drier habitats than most mole crickets.

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Did You Know?

It can only be reliably distinguished from the European mole cricket by analyzing the pulse rate of its calling song.