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Burrowing bugs

Every species in the Wild Files corpus where burrowing is a defining trait.

6 on file

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A European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa), tan body with massive shovel-shaped front legs.
Curious
Six Legs80
Alias
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

European Mole Cricket

Builds an underground trumpet. Sings through it. Calls audible 600 meters away.

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A California trapdoor spider (Bothriocyrtum californicum), dark glossy body emerging from her burrow.
Curious
Six Legs76
Alias
Bothriocyrtum californicum

California Trapdoor Spider

Lives in a burrow with a hinged camouflaged door. Lived 43 years (longest spider ever).

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A violet ground beetle (Carabus violaceus), large ground beetle with brilliant metallic violet-purple elytra and vivid violet-purple band around the margins, six legs, top view.
Beneficial
Six Legs76
Alias
Carabus violaceus

Violet Ground Beetle

Brilliant METALLIC VIOLET-PURPLE European ground beetle. 35 mm. Nocturnal predator of slugs, snails, earthworms.

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A yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus), small pale yellow ant with reduced eyes, six legs, top view.
Beneficial
Six Legs76
Alias
Lasius flavus

Yellow Meadow Ant

Lives ENTIRELY UNDERGROUND. Workers are BLIND. Farms ROOT APHIDS inside underground galleries.

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A six-eyed sand spider (Sicarius hahni), tan-brown desert spider with six eyes (instead of typical eight) and short flattened legs, eight legs, top view.
Apex Outlaw
Six Legs91
Alias
Sicarius hahni

Six-Eyed Sand Spider

MOST POTENT spider venom on Earth (drop-for-drop). Buries herself in sand. Almost never bites humans.

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A giant burrowing cockroach (Macropanesthia rhinoceros), large glossy dark mahogany cockroach with thick rounded body, six legs, dorsal view.
Curious
Six Legs78
Alias
Macropanesthia rhinoceros

Giant Burrowing Cockroach (Rhinoceros Cockroach)

Heaviest cockroach on Earth. 35 grams. Lives in 1m underground burrows. 10+ year lifespan.

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