Martin wrote:
In this part of the world we have bottom up munching mole crickets.
It's odd that mole crickets are extremely rare in UK, but common in
main land Europe and in the USA. They are supposed to have reached the
USA as passengers in a shipment of Dutch bulbs. It's odd that they
haven't reached UK the same way.

Probably don't like the weather. Or else the slugs ate them all