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Sandgroper (insect)

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morning children's show. Western Australians have been known colloquially as sandgropers, with references to the name being found as early as the 1890s.
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Channel 7 in Perth, Western Australia released a stuffed toy sandgroper for sale named "Sunny The Sandgroper", with proceeds going towards
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Although widely believed to be herbivorous, some have been found with animal remains in their gut.
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that may grow up to 7 cm (3 in) long. Three genera of these
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of which five are believed to be endemic to that state.
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farmers have blamed them for substantial crop losses.
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Index


Cylindraustralia kochii
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Caelifera
Tridactyloidea
Cylindrachetidae
Giglio-Tos
Cylindracheta
Cylindraustralia
Cylindroryctes
subterranean
apterous
insects
orthopterans
Cylindracheta
Cylindraustralia
Cylindroryctes
Western Australian

mole crickets
pygmy mole crickets
Caelifera
grasshoppers
Australia

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