mole cricket

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of various burrowing orthopteran insects of the family Gryllotalpidae, having short wings and wide front legs adapted for digging, and sometimes damaging plants by feeding on their roots.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A fossorial orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllotalpa: so called from its habit of burrowing in the ground like a mole by means of its large and peculiarly shaped fore legs.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots