Klaus Echle / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) carrying large insect (possibly Mole Cricket) in flight in vineyard. Black Forest, Germany, June.

Morley Read / Mole cricket (Gryllotalpa) grooming and digging in moss, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Mole cricket (Gryllotalpa) grooming and digging in moss, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Fabio Pupin / European mole cricket, (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa), emerging from its burrow Italy, captive.

Loic Poidevin / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) feeding on European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa). Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Roger Powell / Lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) male flying past during courtship with Mole cricket in its talons. Extremadura, Spain.

Alex Hyde / Mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae) showing shovel-like forelimbs that are well adapted to burrowing. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae) showing shovel-like forelimbs that are well adapted to burrowing. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

MYN / Javier Aznar / Mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae) La Mana, Ecuador. Meetyourneighbours.net project

John Abbott / Southern mole cricket (Scapteriscus borellii) Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA, May.

Fabrice Cahez / Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) with mole cricket prey, near the nest, Vosges, France, June.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa) female, Heemstede, The Netherlands, June. Meetyourneighbours.net project