Abstract
Three species of mole crickets occur in Puerto Rico: the changa mole cricket, Scapteriscus didactylus (Latreille); the imitator mole cricket, S. imitatus Nickle and Castner; and the short-winged mole cricket, S. abbreviatus Scudder (Nickle and Castner 1984). Barrett (1902) stated that the diet of S. didactylus consisted wholly of living plants, and that the stomach was always found to contain mud and sand. No data were given however, as to the number, sex or stage, and collecting locale for the individuals that were examined. We now report base line data on the feeding habits of the 2 most damaging species, S. didactylus and S. imitatus.
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