Gryllotalpa crickets have a complex diet, generally feeding on wheat seedlings, corn, grain seedlings, sorghum, saplings, and other vegetable plants. Gryllotalpa crickets usually live in moist soil and are a hazardous insect to agriculture as they steal newly sown seeds or bite the roots of crops during the plowing season.
What do mole crickets eatMole crickets eat a wide range of plants from the Asteraceae, Cruciferae, Quinoa, and many other families. Gryllotalpa mole crickets not only eat young leaves, but also roots and stems.
Gryllotalpa feeding is affected by temperature. When the ambient temperature is below 20 degrees Celsius, mole cricket foraging decreases as the temperature decreases, and when the temperature reaches 5 degrees Celsius, mole crickets are almost no longer active.