| Northern Mole Cricket | |
|---|---|
| Illustration of Neocurtilla hexadactyla from Insects, their way and means of living by Robert Evans Snodgrass. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllotalpidae |
| Genus: | Neocurtilla |
| Species: | N. hexadactyla |
| Binomial name | |
| Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty, 1832) |
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Neocurtilla hexadactyla, commonly known as the Northern Mole Cricket, is a species of mole cricket that is native to eastern North America.[1][2] It also occurs in South America, were it may be an introduced species.[3] Its range extends from the southern reaches of eastern Canada and through the eastern and central United States.[3]