or INSECTS. 
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MOLE CRICKET. 
The Mole Cricket is of a particular form, 
and the largest of the kind. It commits great 
depredations in gardens, attacking the roots 
of tender plants, and soon causes them to 
droop and die. The two fore feet are in 
shape like wheels, and are placed near the 
head; these are so formed and situated, that 
they assist the insect in burrowing under 
ground ; they bear some resemblance to those 
of the mole. The Mole Cricket lays about 
one hundred and fifty eggs, which are very 
small, and of a white colour. When the 
eggs are deposited in the nest, it is closed 
up carefully, in order to protect, its brood 
from the depredations of grubs, &c. 
