Mole Crickets and Pasture Grasses: Damage by Scapteriscus Vicinus, but not by S. Acletus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)

Authors

  • Thomas J. Walker
  • Ngo Dong

Abstract

Scapteriscus vicinus and S. acletus juveniles and adults were held in outdoor cages planted with plugs of Pensacola bahiagrass and coastal bermudagrass. Densities were 11 or 22 per m^2 of soil surface and 308 or 616 per m^2 of grass; alternative food was provided in half the cages. S. vicinus significantly reduced forage yield and stand of both grasses, but damage to bahiagrass was much greater than to simultaneously available bermudagrass. Scapteriscus acletus adults and juveniles had little if any effect on either grass.

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Published

1982-09-01

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Literature Review Articles