Cricket

Symptom of Damage :
Irregular to longitudinal exit holes Cutting of central portions of the leaf blades leaving only the midrib Dead heart.
	Cricket damage	Cricket feeding damage

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Identification of pest :
Scientific Name - Euscyrtus concinnus Egg : Individual eggs are elongate-ovoid. Newly laid eggs are whitish and turn orange with age. Nymph : The nymph has the same color as the adult. It is a smaller version of the adult except for its wing pads. It has a pair of brown to black spots along its abdomen. Adult : The adult gryllid is pale brown. It measures 1.0 to 1.8 cm long. It has long antennae and legs. The female has a long and spear-shaped ovipositor. The female is longer in size than the male gryllid.
	Cricket	Long horned cricket

	Long horned cricket

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Management Strategies:
Maintaining standing water in the field prevents crickets from field by tunneling into the soil and damaging the crop. Poisoned baits made by mixing moistened rice bran and insecticide that can be placed along rice bunds can kill night-foraging field crickets. In deep water areas, the main control measure is chemical treatment with soil or seeds at planting. Sphecid species such as Liris aurulenta, Motes manilae, Motes subtessellatus and Motes loboriosus parasitize field crickets.
	Liris aurulenta	Poisoned bait with rice bran