Introduction and Spread of Pest Mole Crickets: Scapteriscus vicinus and S. acletus Reexamined1

Walker, Thomas J.; Nickle, David A.

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“…Native mole cricket species in the U.S. are typically innocuous and some are rare, presumably due to the balance between population growth, food availability, predators, and disease, among other ecological factors (Frank, 2009; Vaughn et al, 1993). Invasive mole crickets have become significant agricultural pests and have been extensively studied in the southeastern United States (Walker and Nickle, 1981). They are known to cause damage to golf courses, lawns, pastures, and the rising turf grass industry (Liskey, 2000).…”

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“…A 1986 estimate suggested mole cricket damage and control in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina cost $80 million combined, annually (Frank and Parkman, 1999). The invasive species in the U.S., Scapteriscus abbreviatus , S. borellii (previously known as S. acletus ), and S. vicinus , are thought to have spread to North America via commercial sailing vessels from South America between 1895 and 1925 (Walker and Nickle, 1981). S. borellii , the southern mole cricket, is mostly subterranean though it has long winged adults that can fly.…”

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A Modified Mole Cricket Lure and Description ofScapteriscus borellii(Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) Range Expansion and Calling Song in California

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Invasive mole cricket species in the genus Scapteriscus have become significant agricultural pests and are continuing to expand their range in North America. Though largely subterranean, adults of some species such as S. borellii are capable of long dispersive flights and phonotaxis to male calling songs to find suitable habitats and mates. Mole crickets in the genus Scapteriscus are known to be attracted to and can be caught by audio lure traps that broadcast synthesized or recorded calling songs. We report improvements in the design and production of electronic controllers for the automation of semi-permanent mole cricket trap lures as well as highly portable audio trap collection designs. Using these improved audio lure traps we collected the first reported individuals of the pest mole cricket S. borellii in California. We describe several characteristic features of the calling song of the California population including that the pulse rate is a function of soil temperature, similar to Florida populations of S. borellii. Further, we show that other calling song characteristics (carrier frequency, intensity, and pulse rate) are significantly different between the populations.

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A Modified Mole Cricket Lure and Description ofScapteriscus borellii(Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) Range Expansion and Calling Song in California

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“…The tawny mole cricket, Scapteriscus vicinus Scudder, and the southern mole cricket, S. borellii Giglio-Tos, are among the most signiÞcant turf pests in the southeastern United States (Walker and Nickle 1981). These inadvertently introduced species can cause severe damage to turfgrass by direct feeding and subsurface tunneling (Hayslip 1943, Potter 1998.…”

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Potential Negative Effects of Earthworm Prey on Damage to Turfgrass by Omnivorous Mole Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)

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2012

Environ Entomol

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The severity of damage to host plants by omnivorous pests can vary according to the availability of plant and animal prey. Two omnivorous mole crickets, Scapteriscus vicinus Scudder and S. borellii Giglio-Tos, were used to determine if the availability of prey influences damage to hybrid bermudagrass by adult mole crickets. Experiments were conducted in arenas with either grass alone (control), grass plus one mole cricket, grass plus earthworms (Eisenia fetida Savigny), or grass with earthworms and a mole cricket. Root growth variables (e.g., volume, dry weight) after 4 wk and weekly measurements of top growth were compared among the treatments. Surprisingly, bermudagrass infested with either mole cricket species caused no significant reduction in root growth and a minimal reduction on top growth with S. vicinus compared with controls. Survival of earthworms with S. borellii was significantly lower than survival in the earthworm-only treatment suggesting predation. Survival of earthworms with S. vicinus, however, was not different from the earthworm-only treatment. The addition of earthworm prey with mole crickets did not significantly impact bermudagrass root or shoot growth relative to grass with only mole crickets. Despite no negative impacts from earthworms or mole crickets separately, earthworms plus mole crickets negatively impact several root parameters (e.g., length) suggesting an interaction between these two soil-dwelling invertebrates. Increased use of more target-selective insecticides in turfgrass may increase available prey. This work suggests that alternative prey, when present, may result in a negative impact on turfgrass roots from foraging omnivorous mole crickets.

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“…Mole crickets also can cause signiÞcant damage to ornamental, vegetable, and tobacco seedlings Villani 1995, Frank andParkman 1999). S. vicinus and S. borellii were Þrst introduced from South America in 1899 and 1904, respectively, at Brunswick, GA (Walker and Nickle 1981) from ship ballasts (Worsham and Reed 1912). These insects have spread northward to southern North Carolina and westward to Texas (Walker and Nickle 1981) and have established themselves as one of the most destructive groups of insects in turfgrass.…”

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Tunneling Responses of Mole Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) to the Entomopathogenic Fungus,Beauveria bassiana

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Brandenburg

2005

Environ Entomol

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Introduction and Spread of Pest Mole Crickets: Scapteriscus vicinus and S. acletus Reexamined1

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A Modified Mole Cricket Lure and Description ofScapteriscus borellii(Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) Range Expansion and Calling Song in California

A Modified Mole Cricket Lure and Description ofScapteriscus borellii(Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) Range Expansion and Calling Song in California

Potential Negative Effects of Earthworm Prey on Damage to Turfgrass by Omnivorous Mole Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)

Tunneling Responses of Mole Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) to the Entomopathogenic Fungus,Beauveria bassiana

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