OMGosh.... WHAT THE HE!! is THIS???
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Debby on Oct 03, 2013Northern Mole CricketHelpful Reply
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Debby on Oct 03, 2013Here is a link about them: http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/fasulo/molecrickets/mcri0038.htmHelpful Reply
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Carole on Oct 03, 2013Hi Jim G, please don't kill these bugs! If you don't know what something is, you are doing the right thing in trying to find out. I know they look real icky but some bugs are actually beneficial to your garden. If you don't know whether this one is then err on the side of caution and spare it's life! If it is not hurting you - why does it deserve to be killed?? I really have to stop myself from squishing spiders, but the truth is with spiders that logically they won't hurt you (I don't know of any killer attack spiders even though some are venomous they won't attack you unless you virtually step on them or try to hurt them!) and they actually keep the flies and aphids and stuff down - so they are good for your garden! We get huntsmen spiders which can bite (if really pushed) are as big as your hand - but do no harm and they come into our house on occasion and sit high up on a wall where they are not bothering anyone. All they want is to catch some flies and stay out of our way! They are ugly - yes - but I have learned to live with them and leave them alone! Good luck!Helpful Reply
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TJ on Oct 03, 2013@Carole One advantage to living in a cold state is that we don't have a lot of poisonous critters .. just a small shy timber rattle snake in the SE corner of Minnesota. When I see a spider in my house I leave it alone to eat mosquitoes and flies.Helpful Reply
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Bernice H on Oct 04, 2013Well I can see where you all are coming from, but I was bitten once in my sleep in Oklahoma. My lip was as big as an egg! In Texas I stepped on a spider, on purpose, and it had millions of babies scrambling out from under...scared the breakfast out of me! sooo tongue in cheek ..they are not my friends!Helpful Reply
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Rebecca Tant on Oct 05, 2013@ Bernice H, I agree with you! @ JIM, I have a lot of books from Jerry Baker. He describes the Mole Cricket as a very destructive bug IF my memory serves me right. I would Google Mole cricket to make sure. You can also Google Mole Cricket and find out a lot that way too!Helpful Reply
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Rebecca Tant on Oct 05, 2013I meant google, Jerry Baker, sorry!Helpful Reply
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Linda Weeks on Oct 05, 2013Yeah, my vote is Mormon cricket... I've seen thousands of them show up spontaneously, and then before you know it they're gone. As for the spider, I'd vote that it's a type of orchard spider, or perhaps an orb weaver, so if I was you, I'd burn my house down and start over fresh.Helpful Reply
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Linda Weeks on Oct 05, 2013:-)Helpful Reply
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Darlene T on Oct 05, 2013the mole cricket get it's name from it's front 'legs' they LOOK like moles :-)Helpful Reply
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Jim Ginas on Oct 06, 2013Hi April, so I looked up "Orb" and found BOTH types I have at the house (1 outside one bedroom window that east its web every 2 days, then rebuilds it, and the other one, the big, bright colored one that doesn't seem to rebuild it's web. 2 completely different looking, but both are "Orb" spiders.... they seem to ONLY stay outside, so that is good!Helpful Reply
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Pam on Jan 06, 2014we have them in S. Ga. We call them mole crickets, Never had one to bite ,I played with them,found one this summer picked it up and gave to my silky chicken,she loved it.Helpful Reply
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Jim Ginas on Jan 06, 2014jerked me cause I was blowing grass off the driveway at dusk and a couple flew at/near me! Glad they're harmless!Helpful Reply
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William Beckham on Apr 06, 2014do not touch that bug, it will bite. Its called a mole cricket, It bit me and hurt like hell.. hand swelled up like whasp sting.Helpful Reply
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Dee on Apr 06, 2014Sorry I cant help.I have had enough talk on this bug thing, spiders and snakes.LOL . it is creeping me out. I dont live with spiders in my house, I am a outdoor girl and not scared of much. But the spiders in Australia big as your hand. Nope im out of there. Have a good laugh at me.Helpful Reply
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Dee on Apr 14, 2014Tell me please what good are they? i,m sure they are good for something say like a heartattack or send you running for your life. NO not in the house no no.Helpful Reply
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Dee on Apr 15, 2014Jim did you ever find out what that bug is? Looks like it has stinger,s on it,s butt.Helpful Reply
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Peggy on Aug 11, 2015this is a cricket moleHelpful Reply
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Sma11246534 on Sep 16, 2016I used to have a little Chihuahua. He would walk around the yard and listen. The he would dig a little hole and pull one out. He'd bring them on the porch, but they were dead. I don't know how he killed them. They were all in one piece.Helpful Reply
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Tso5166288 on Sep 23, 2016Mole cricket, not cricket mole. Cool lil buggers, hold in your hand and they tickle you trying to dig their way out. Some folks call them pests; I don't because they never damage my stuff enough to wish them dead. (south florida)Helpful Reply
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