What is "sandgroper"

n. 1 (context Australia jocular English) An inhabitant of Western Australia. 2 Any species of the family Cylindrachetidae of subterranean insects, found in Australia, New Guinea and Argentina.

Sandgroper may refer to:

• Sandgroper (insect), a type of burrowing insect found in Western Australia
• Sandgroper, nickname for an inhabitant or native of Western Australia
• The Sandgropers, a nickname for the representative Australian rules football team from Western Australia
• A beachcomber
• A Louisiana (US) tent camper

Sandgropers are wholly subterranean larviform insects of the family Cylindrachetidae that may grow up to 7 cm (3 in) long. Three genera are currently recognised: Cylindracheta, Cylindraustralia and Cylindroryctes. Like many subterranean animals, little is known about their habits and diet, but Western Australian farmers have blamed them for substantial crop losses.

Sandgropers were once thought to be degenerate mole crickets, but they are now known to be more closely related to grasshoppers and locusts, and have been given their own family.

Although widely believed to be herbivorous, some have been found with animal remains in their gut.