Gryllotalpa - Female vs. Male
Just dug up this rather old collage for some other purpose ... might as well store it here too.
The image of the masculine Gryllotalpa is by George Chernilevsky and released to the public domain.
The female is mine and also CC0/PD, so the collage is PD as well.
I'll ID this as Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa even if I'm not 100% sure the male is this exact species, but the female is.
As a note to self (link) - here is a diagnosis of the French species of Gryllotalpa that I created a few years back:
https://forum.waarneming.nl/index.php/topic,264118.0.html
"Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa", commonly known as the European mole cricket is widespread in Europe and has been introduced to the eastern United States. The scientific name is derived from the Latin 'gryllus' meaning a cricket and 'talpa', a mole, and is descriptive because of the fine dense fur by which it is covered and its subterranean habits, and because of the mole-like forelegs adapted for digging, a good example of convergent evolution.
