Sound Traps for Sampling Mole Cricket Flights (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Scapteriscus)

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Mole crickets (S. acletus and S. vicinus) end their flights at conspecific calling songs. Routine monitoring of mole cricket flights was accomplished using timer-operated electronic sound synthesizers over 1.5 m diameter catching devices. Standard trapping stations, consisting of 1 S. acletus trap and 1 S. vicinus trap, were operated nightly at various sites in Florida [USA] for up to 3 yr. The record catch, thus far, of S. acletus at 1 station for 1 night is 3297; for 1 yr, 27,069. Corresponding values for S. vicinus are 1216 and 2959.

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