Recordings

600:7 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (17)	3:03 · David R. Ragge
898:5 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (81)	16:17 · David R. Ragge
899:12 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (112r9)	0:13
900:7 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (140)	23:53 · David R. Ragge
900:8 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (141)	19:18 · David R. Ragge
991:11 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (139)	24:17 · David R. Ragge
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa New Forest 2014	0:48 · Brian Harrison
9_1_Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa	1:34 · H.-G. Kruse
565_27_Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa	1:10
33 Mole-cricket (recorded in Poland, with Fire-bellied Toads)	0:39
Mole Cricket 8May2016 start-up from a distance 8.55 pm PAUL BROCK DSC_0898	0:30 · Paul D. Brock
Mole Cricket2 8May2016 PAUL BROCK No imagesDSC_0906	0:34 · Paul D. Brock
Mole Cricket3 well established 9.35 pm 8May2016 PAUL BROCK DSC_0910	0:24 · Paul D. Brock
lab recording, 1977 (Uher Report 4400 with Uher M517, tape no. KW90)	0:37
Austria, Illmitz am Neusiedler See, lab recording (Kenwood KX880HX with copy from Uher Report 4400, tape: Sony Metal ES 60IV, tape no. U01A:05.10-10.35)	0:38

Specimens

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210822	FR · 1974-08-24 · David R. Ragge; R. G. M. Ragge; N. Ragge; M. Ragge
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210862	FR · 1974-08-24 · David R. Ragge; R. G. M. Ragge; N. Ragge; M. Ragge
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa BioAcoustica Harrison 1	GB · Brian Harrison
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211102	GB · 1967-04-01 · David R. Ragge
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211142	H. C. Bennet-Clark
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa BioAcoustica Kruse 1	DE · 1965-05-12 · H.-G. Kruse
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa BioAcoustica Brock 1	GB · 2016-05-08 · Paul D. Brock; Helen Brock; Martin Noble

Literature

Brock, Paul D. (2018). An update on the Mole-cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Linnaeus, 1758) in the New Forest, Hampshire. Atropos, 62: 37-40.

Brock, Paul D. (2017). Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (L.) in the New Forest, Hampshire. Atropos, (58): 27-33.

Baker, Edward; Broom, Yoke-Shum (2015). Natural History Museum Sound Archive I: Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815, including 3D scans of burrow casts of Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Linnaeus, 1758) and Gryllotalpa vineae Bennet-Clark, 1970. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3: e7442.

Schmidt, Arne KD; Römer, Heiner (2013). Diversity of acoustic tracheal system and its role for directional hearing in crickets.

Bennet-Clark, H. C.; Bailey, Winston J. (2002). Ticking of the clockwork cricket: the role of the escapement mechanism.. J Exp Biol, 205(Pt 5): 613-25.

Forrest, TG (1982). Acoustic communication and baffling behaviors of crickets. The Florida Entomologist, 65: 33–44.

Bennet-Clark, H. C. (1970). The Mechanism and Efficiency of Sound Production in Mole Crickets. Journal of Experimental Biology, 52: 619-652.

Bennet-Clark, H. C. (1970). A new French mole cricket, differing in song and morphology from Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa L. (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy, 39(9-10): 125 - 132.

Behaviour

Le chant est plus doux et audible à 50 m.

Source: Sardet, Éric; Roesti, Christian; Braud, Yoan (2015). Orthoptères de France, Belgique, Luxembourg & Suisse. Biotope Éditions: 303.

Behaviour

The song is a long, continuous churring ('rrrrr'), which is mostly produced in the evenings in May/June.

Source: Bellman, Heiko (1988). A Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Britain and Northern Europe. William Collins & Sons.