In the Gryllotalpidae, the forelimbs are modified for digging and the hind limbs for running.
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The antennae are long and threadlike, except in the family Gryllotalpidae in which they are much shorter and brush-like.
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Many ground-dwelling insects, such as mole crickets ( Orthoptera : Gryllotalpidae ), nymphal cicadas ( Hemiptera : Cicadidae ), and scarab beetles ( Scarabaeidae ), have the tibiae of the forelegs ( protibiae ) enlarged and modified for digging ( fossorial ), whereas the forelegs of some predatory insects, such as mantispid lacewings ( Neuroptera ) and mantids ( Mantodea ), are specialized for seizing prey, or raptorial.
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