Orthoptera of North Carolina

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Pictonemobius ambitiosus complex checklist_number: 150.0	One of four species in this genus, all of which are confined to southeastern North America (Cigliano et al., 2017). While one member of this genus has been recorded in North Carolina, it is not clear which species it represents (Gross et al., 1989).	A small, reddish-brown ground cricket. Members of this genus are distinguished by their facial markings: the face is shining black, with a narrow pale stripe between the eyes (Hebard, 1913). The verte...	Most of the species in this genus are associated with dry, open, oak woodlands growing on sandhills. At least some populations of ambitiosus in South Carolina, occur in river bottomlands or st...	Probably omnivorous...	Males sing primarily during the day and are most easily detected by their songs...	Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands	[GNR] S1S3	Members of this genus have been rarely collected even in South Carolina and the only historic records we have from North Carolina are for the specimens collected by Fulton in the 1930s. Although more ...
Scudderia curvicauda Curve-Tailed Bush Katydid checklist_number: 240.0	One of seven species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Cigliano et al., 2018), six of which have been recorded in North Carolina	Members of this genus are best distinguished by the structural features of the males (see plate in SINA at https://orthsoc.org/sina/g060a.htm)....	Blatchley (1920) describes the habitat of this species as dry to moist forests and woodlands, including the shrub layer as well as the trees. ...	...	...		G5 S3S4	...
Scudderia curvicauda laticauda Broad-tailed Bush Katydid checklist_number: 241.0		Members of this genus are best distinguished by the structural features of the males (see plate in SINA at https://orthsoc.org/sina/g060a.htm). This form is larger and more robust than the nominate fo...	Blatchley (1920) describes the habitat of this katydid as primarily the undergrowth of pine forests....	...	...		GNRTNR SU	...
Allonemobius fultoni Fulton's Ground Cricket checklist_number: 136.0	One of ten species in this genus, all of which occur in North America north of Mexico (Cigliano et al., 2017). Eight species have been recorded in North Carolina.	According to Howard and Furth (1986), Allonemobius fultoni is essentially identical in terms of markings to both A. allardi and walkeri. The head is darker than in socius/fasci...	Fulton's Ground Crickets are associated with wet grassy areas, including open marshes or under deep shade (Howard and Furth, 1986). In the Coastal Plain, we have recorded this species under shrub cove...	Probably omnivorous...	Mostly easily detected and identified by its song...	Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands	GNR SNR [S3S4]	This species was considered rare by Howard and Furth (1986), who had collected it only at two sites in New Jersey and one in North Carolina; Walker (2017) shows only three additional sites, in Georgia...
Orchelimum bradleyi Bradley's Meadow Katydid checklist_number: 203.0	One of nineteen species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Cigliano et al., 2018), thirteen of which have been recorded in North Carolina	A relatively slender member of the Greater Meadow Katydids. Most of the head, body, and appendages are light green, with two diverging brown lines running from the vertex to the hind edge of the thora...	Associated with Maiden Cane and Sawgrass marshes...	Not recorded; probably omnivorous...	Individuals dive into the water when disturbed, making them difficult to capture (Rehn and Hebard, 1915)...	Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands	GNR [SH]	We have only a couple of records for this species, none of which are recent. It is likely to be restricted to the Tidewater area, where it is a fairly strong habitat specialist. The grassy marsh habit...
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Odontoxiphidium apterum Wingless Meadow Katydid checklist_number: 201.0	This is one of two members of this strictly southeastern North American genus (Cigliano et al., 2024). Only O. apterum occurs in North Carolina with O. apalachicolae confined to the Appalachicola delta.	A small, green and brown meadow katydid. The top of the head, pronotum, and abdomen are reddish-brown, bordered by a bright white line that runs along the lateral carinae of the pronotum and continuin...	...	...	...		[GNR] [SU]	...
Conocephalus strictus Straight-Lanced Meadow Katydid checklist_number: 200.0	One of nineteen species in this large worldwide genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (SINA, 2018; Cigliano et al., 2018); ten have been recorded in North Carolina	A small (large for the genus), short-winged Lesser Meadow Katydid. The head and sides of thorax and abdomen are green and a brown dorsal stripe runs from the fastigium and occiput of the head down the...	Blatchley (1920) describes the habitat of this species as consisting of "dry upland meadows, open pastures, and prairies". ...	...	...		GNR S5	...
Conocephalus saltans Prairie Meadow Katydid checklist_number: 197.0	One of nineteen species in this large worldwide genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (SINA, 2018; Cigliano et al., 2018); ten have been recorded in North Carolina	A small, reddish-brown to bluish-green, short-winged Lesser Meadow Katydid. The typical form is dull reddish-brown. The face is marked with a dark stripe or blotch and a wide stripe of brown runs from...	Blatchley (1920) described this species as xerophilous, associated with dry upland prairies and sandy barrens. Populations have been found in association with Andropogon and other dry bunch-grasses, N...	Individuals have been observed on forbs but their dietary range needs to be more fully documented....	Best found by flushing individuals by walking through their habitat...		G5 S2S3	More surveys are needed to document the conservation status of this species in North Carolina. However, apart from a single recent record, this species has not been collected in the state since the 19...
Neonemobius palustris Sphagnum Ground Cricket checklist_number: 148.0	One of six species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Cigliano et al., 2017), three of which have been recorded in North Carolina	The smallest of our ground crickets. Blatchley (1900) described it as pitch-brown in color over its entire body, although Hebard (1913) noted that some populations are a lighter clove brown and descri...	Blatchley (1900) described its habitat in northern Indiana as dense, damp patches of sphagnum moss within tamarack swamps and cranberry bogs. In North Carolina, our records appear to come primarily fr...	Stenophagous on Sphagnum species (Johnstone and Vickery, 1970). In North Carolina, Fulton (1931) reported that palustris did well in captivity feeding solely on Sphagnum, and its tight association wit...	The song is high pitched and fairly weak, making it difficult for at least some people to detect in the field. However, individuals are reported to be easily flushed by pressing down on sphagnum mats,...	Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands	[GNR] [S1S2]	This species has one of the most restricted habitats of any of our orthoptera and its apparently limited dispersal abilities -- only micropterous individuals are known -- makes its occurrences highly ...
Eritettix simplex Velvet-striped Grasshopper checklist_number: 11.0	One of four species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Cigliano et al., 2018), and the only one that occurs in North Carolina	A small, yellowish-green to brown, Slant-faced Grasshopper. Males are usually are brown or gray and rarely show any trace of green; females are more variable and range from green and yellow to brown (...	In the main portion of its range in the Midwest, this species is particularly associated with tall-grass prairies but also occurs in short-grass prairies, sand-prairies and deserts (Brust, ). East of ...	Feeds purely on grasses and sedges in prairie habitats (Otte, 1981; Brust, ), with Grama grasses (Bouteloua) being favored. That species, however, has only been recorded in Graham County in North Caro...	Best found by walking through its habitat and flushing individuals into making short jumps....	Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands	G5 SNR [S1]	Our records are all historic and relatively few in number. However, they come from across a wide area of the state and probably from relatively common types of habitats, including pastures and hayfiel...
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Amblycorypha arenicola Sandhill Virtuoso Katydid checklist_number: 229.0	One of seventeen species in this genus that occur in North America (Cigliano et al., accessed 2024-09-25; Forrest et al., 2023). Eight species have been recorded in North Carolina.	Arenicola and longinicta are probably indistinguishable in terms of color and pattern but differ in size and other structural features. Males can be distinguished by their songs....	Associated with xeric to mesic, fire-maintained sandhill scrub communities (Walker, 2004). Stands with xerophytic oaks may be preferred, although individuals can occasionally be found in herb-dominate...	...	Probably most easily detected by the male songs....		GNR S2S3	...
Tetrix ornata Ornate Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 110.0		The color and patterning of this species is highly variable (see illustration in Blatchley, 1920). The pronotum is often marked with two to four dark brown spots and there is sometimes a large white p...	...	...	...			...
Tetrix arenosa Sanded Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 107.0		Grayish or blackish, sometimes with a large pale patch on the dorsal surface of the pronotum, with traces of black on the posterior margin (Blatchley, 1920). Some of our specimens are reddish brown....	Rehn and Hebard (1916) found this species on the sandy shoreline of Lake Waccamaw, on a sandy border of a bog, on wet clay bordering a small stream, and in dry, sandy upland areas. Our recent records ...	...	...		G5 S3S4	...
Paratettix cucullatus Hooded Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 105.0		...	Damp sandy or muddy pond and creek shorelines (Blatchley, 1920)...	...	...		G5 S4S5	...
Tettigidea prorsa Cone-Headed Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 99.0		Cream or brownish above and blackish on the sides and legs (Helfer, 1987). The medial ridge of the pronotum is also black....	Wet pine savannas and pocosin ecotones (Rehn and Hebard, cited by Blatchley, 1920)...	...	...		[GNR] SH	...
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Tettigidea lateralis Black-Sided Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 97.0		Color is highly variable, varying from black, gray, brown, to cream (Helfer, 1987). ...	Can be common in both wet and dry areas (Helfer, 1987)...	...	...		G5 S4S5	...
Tettigidea acuta Acute Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 286.0		"Color brown to dark brownish fuscous, more or less of the top of pronotum straw-colored. Elytral pale spots rather larger than in lateralis" (Morse, 1895). ...	Associated with marshes, including fresh, brackish, and salt (Helfer, 1987)...	Members of this group feed on algae or detritus in mud or sand...	...			...
Tettigidea armata Armored Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 96.0		Dark brown to blackish, sometimes with cream or tan patches on the pronotum and hind femurs (Helfer, 1987)....	Found mostly in wet mucky areas, often where shaded (Helfer, 1987)...	...	...		G5 SH	...
Ellipes minuta Smaller Sand Cricket checklist_number: 113.0		...	Stream, pond, and lake shores (Blatchley, 1920)...	...	...		GNR S3S4	...
Neotridactylus apicialis Larger Pygmy Locust checklist_number: 253.0		...	Wet sandy shorelines of lakes and streams (Blatchley, 1920)...	...	...		GNR S3S4	...
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Paxilla obesa Obese Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 95.0		A strongly swollen, dark brown species with lighter patches (Blatchley, 1920; Helfer, 1987). In some individuals, the upper surface of the pronotum is much lighter than the lower portion....	Rehn and Hebard (1915) described obesa as "restricted to low, blackish, water-soaked ground covered with low bog plants (sun-dews, pitcher plants, etc.), in pine woods (long-leaf pine at all of the lo...	Algae and decaying material in mud...	...		GNR SH	All of our records for this species appear to be more than 100 years old and were few in number to begin with. Rehn and Hebard (1915) found it as far north as New Bern but the majority of the records ...
Nomotettix cristatus Crested Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 102.0		...	...	...	...		G5 S4S5	...
Neotettix proavus Fork-Faced Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 101.0		...	...	...	...			...
Neotettix femoratus Short-Legged Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 100.0		...	Common in both dry and wet habitats (Helfer, 1987)...	...	...		G5 S4S5	...
Tettigidea lateralis lateralis Black-Sided Pygmy Grasshopper checklist_number: 98.0		...	...	...	...			...
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Melanoplus decorus Decorated Spur-throat Grasshopper checklist_number: 38.0	Melanoplus is our largest genus of Orthopterans, with over 350 species occurring in North America (Cigliano et al., 2017). 38 species have been recorded in North Carolina. Rehn and Hebard (1916a) included decorus in the Decorus species group, which also include M. nubilus and M. attentuatus in North Carolina, and M. australis south of our area.	A small, short-winged (flightless) grasshopper. Adults are yellowish-green to golden-yellow with black markings on the head behind the eye, a black stripe on the sides of the thorax, and black blotche...	All of our records come from wet, open, herbaceous swales. Most come from wet longleaf pine savannas, with some also occurring in nearby powerline clearings or along roadside ditches. In mainland Dare...	Captive adults feed on the leaves of forbs, including the traps of Venus Flytraps (Hall and Sullivan, 2003)...	Adults are active during the day and are easy to spot in low savanna vegetation...	Listed as Significantly Rare in North Carolina by the Natural Heritage Program. It has no legal protection, however, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.	G2G3 S2S3	This species is highly associated with wet savannas and other boggy wetlands, all of which have greatly declined since Colonial settlement due to conversion to agriculture and silviculture. Since the ...
Melanoplus strumosus Swollen Spur-throat Grasshopper checklist_number: 66.0	Melanoplus is our largest genus of Orthopterans, with over 350 species occurring in North America (Cigliano et al., 2017). 38 species have been recorded in North Carolina. Included by Blatchley (1920) in the Puer Species Group, of which only strumosus and mirus have been recorded in North Carolina	A small, reddish-brown, short-winged Melanoplus. The dorsal surface of the head and pronotum are reddish brown. In males, the lateral piceous-black stripe runs from just behind the eye, across the upp...	Hubbell (1932) found this species in open hardwoods on a mountain slope in Alabama and in scrubby oak forests on sandhills in Florida. Our records come from frequently burned scrub oak stands growing ...	...	Can be flushed by walking through its habitat...		G4G5 S3S4	This species appears to be a specialist on frequently burned longleaf pine-dominated habitats in the Coastal Plain. Its range appears to be limited but it can usually be found where suitable habitat e...
Neoconocephalus triops Broad-Tipped Conehead checklist_number: 225.0		This is a fairly large but slender katydid. Both green and brown color phases commonly occur. The broad, rounded fastigium with a narrow anterior rim of white and a basal area of black, is diagnostic....	Fulton (1932) described a preference for vegetation consisting of tall grass, weeds, or bushes. In the winter, we have also found them well back within closed-canopy forests....	Species in this genus are strongly associated with grasses and have been observed feeding on seeds -- explaining their very powerful jaws -- as well as leaf blades (Himmelman, 2009)....	Usually most easily detected by male songs, at least for people whose hearing range includes frequencies above 8 kHz. This species also comes to light, including black lights. Handle specimens with ca...		GNR S5	This is one of our commonest and most widespread of our orthopteran species. It makes use of a wide range of habitats and appears to be secure within the state....
Neoconocephalus robustus Robust Conehead checklist_number: 224.0		...	Fulton (1932) described the vegetation occupied by this species as consisting of "tall grass, weeds, or bushes." ...	Species in this genus are strongly associated with grasses and have been observed feeding on seeds -- explaining their very powerful jaws -- as well as leaf blades (Himmelman, 2009)....	...			...
Neoconocephalus retusus Round-Tipped Conehead checklist_number: 223.0		...	Fulton (1932) describes this species as found "usually in grass."...	Species in this genus are strongly associated with grasses and have been observed feeding on seeds -- explaining their very powerful jaws -- as well as leaf blades (Himmelman, 2009)....	...		GNR S4S5	...
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Neoconocephalus palustris Marsh Conehead checklist_number: 222.0		The cone of this species is entirely green below and tapers upward to a blunt tip. The rim of the cone is dull yellow and there is a yellow line that runs from behind the eye and continues of the late...	This species inhabits tall grasses and cattails along shorelines, marshes, and bogs (Blatchley, 1920; Himmelman, 2009). ...	Species in this genus are strongly associated with grasses and have been observed feeding on seeds -- explaining their very powerful jaws -- as well as leaf blades (Himmelman, 2009)....	...			...
Neoconocephalus melanorhinus Black-Nosed Conehead checklist_number: 221.0		...	Salt marshes (SINA)...	Species in this genus are strongly associated with grasses and have been observed feeding on seeds -- explaining their very powerful jaws -- as well as leaf blades (Himmelman, 2009)....	...		[GNR] SH	...
Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus Slightly Musical Conehead checklist_number: 220.0		...	...	Species in this genus are strongly associated with grasses and have been observed feeding on seeds -- explaining their very powerful jaws -- as well as leaf blades (Himmelman, 2009)....	...			...
Neoconocephalus ensiger Sword-Bearing Conehead checklist_number: 219.0		...	...	Species in this genus are strongly associated with grasses and have been observed feeding on seeds -- explaining their very powerful jaws -- as well as leaf blades (Himmelman, 2009)....	...			...
Neoconocephalus caudellianus Caudell's Conehead checklist_number: 218.0		...	...	Species in this genus are strongly associated with grasses and have been observed feeding on seeds -- explaining their very powerful jaws -- as well as leaf blades (Himmelman, 2009)....	...			...
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Neoconocephalus bivocatus False Robust Conehead checklist_number: 217.0		...	...	Species in this genus are strongly associated with grasses and have been observed feeding on seeds -- explaining their very powerful jaws -- as well as leaf blades (Himmelman, 2009)....	...			...
Neoconocephalus velox Swift Conehead checklist_number: 226.0		A green or brown conehead katydid. The cone is distinctively unmarked below, longer than wide, and rounded at the tip. ...	Blatchley (1920) described this species as inhabiting the undergrowth of pine forests in the Southeast....	Species in this genus are strongly associated with grasses and have been observed feeding on seeds -- explaining their very powerful jaws -- as well as leaf blades (Himmelman, 2009)....	...		GNR SNR [S3S4]	...
Amblycorypha longinicta Common Virtuoso Katydid checklist_number: 232.0	One of seventeen species in this genus that occur in North America (Cigliano et al., accessed 2024-09-25; Forrest et al., 2023). Eight species have been recorded in North Carolina.	The body color is green, with only the stridulatory area of the males colored brown. Males of this species group have four dark marks on the outside of the pronotal disk. No distinctive differences in...	According to Walker (2004), this species occupies old fields, road margins, and woodland edges, all with abundant herbaceous vegetation. Its habitats are more mesic than the dry-xeric sandhills occupi...	...	...		GNR SNR [S2S4]	...
Melanoplus bispinosus Two-Spined Melanoplus checklist_number: 29.0	Melanoplus is our largest genus of Orthopterans, with over 350 species occurring in North America (Cigliano et al., 2017). 38 species have been recorded in North Carolina.	A medium-large, dark grayish to reddish, long-winged grasshopper. Scudder (1897) described the color as "cinereo-fuscous, more or less ferruginous." Our one specimen is fairly dark gray but with reddi...	Our records comes from an open sandy area located on an abandoned gravel mine and from a sandy old field located at the end of an airport runway...	Presumably grasses...	Recorded by flushing it by walking through its habitat...	Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands	G4G5 [SU]	This species is common in Texas and the southern Midwest (see range map prepared by Otte in Cigliano et al., 2016) but appears to have been discovered in the Southeast fairly recently. It was not rec...
Stethophyma celatum Otte's Sedge Grasshopper checklist_number: 75.0	One of seven species in this genus, three of which occur in North America (Cigliano et al., 2017). Only S. celatum has been recorded in the Southeast.	A medium-large, contrastingly marked grasshopper. The dorsal surface of the head, pronotum, and tegmina are pale tan, contrasting with the dark brown wings and a blackish to dark brown stripe running ...	North Carolina records come from two types of habitat: Very Wet Clay Savannas in the Outer Coastal Plain and sedge meadow habitats associated with beaver ponds in the Fall-line Sandhills. Both types ...	Probably feeds mainly on sedges and other wetland graminoids. Often found near shrubs, which are used for escape from predators....	Both nymphs and adults can be found during the day by walking through occupied habitats. Males, at least, try to escape by flying into or through shrubs but females -- which are harder to find -- appe...	Listed as Significantly Rare in North Carolina by the Natural Heritage Program. It has no legal protection, however, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.	G4 S1S2	This species has long been considered one of the rarest and least encountered grasshoppers in eastern North America (Blatchley, 1920; Hebard, 1934). Within its broad general range, encompassing the ta...
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Pyrgocorypha uncinata Hook-Faced Conehead checklist_number: 227.0	This is the sole species in this genus in North America, with 15 other species found in the Neotropics and eastern and southern Asia (Cigliano et al., accessed 2024)	This species is similar in appearance to the members of Neoconocephalus but has a sharply pointed fastigium with a downward pointing, hooked-shaped tip rather than a blunt-tipped or rounded con...	Adults and juveniles can be found in low herbaceous vegetation. Males are also reported to sing from the tops of trees (Blatchely, 1920)...	...	Adults and juveniles can be collected by sweeping herbaceous vegetation or can be occasionally attracted to moth sheets. Although the songs are distinctive, they are usually too high-pitched to be hea...			...
Melanoplus angustipennis Narrow-winged Locust checklist_number: 27.0	Melanoplus is our largest genus of Orthopterans, with over 350 species occurring in North America (Cigliano et al., 2017). 38 species have been recorded in North Carolina.	Melanoplus angustipennis form impiger is a medium-sized, fairly robust, long-winged grasshopper. According to Blatchley (1920), the head and body are "grayish or fuscous-brown, often with a reddish-br...	This species is strongly associated with open, sandy habitats. In the Great Plains, this is a species primarily of sand prairies (Brust et al., 2016). In North Carolina, adults have been observed in ...	Polyphagous but apparently preferring forbs to grasses, feeding on grasses when forbs are scarce (Brust et al., 2016)...	Adults can be flushed by walking through their habitats...	Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands	G5 S1S2	In North Carolina, this species appears to be strongly associated with Pine-Scrub Oak Sandhill habitats. Until 2013, all of our records were historic but it is now known from sites in both the Fall-li...
Eotettix pusillus Little Eastern Grasshopper checklist_number: 23.0	One of four species in this genus, all of which are restricted to southeastern North America (Cigliano et al., 2017). Only pusillus has been recorded in North Carolina.	Eotettix are small, short-winged (flightless) grasshoppers. Adults are yellowish-green, with a dark stripe on the sides of the thorax and a series of black blotches along the upper sides of the abdome...	Our records come mainlyy from wet savannas, sandhill seeps, or the ecotones between longleaf pine communities and pocosins. All are wet-to-mesic and maintained in an open herbaceous state by frequent ...	...	Adults and nymphs are active during the day; the red-and-black nymphs are conspicuous...	Listed as Significantly Rare in North Carolina by the Natural Heritage Program. It has no legal protection, however, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.	G2G3 S2?	This species is highly associated with wet savannas and sandhill seeps, both of which have greatly declined since Colonial settlement due to conversion to agriculture and silviculture. Since the 1950s...
Melanoplus impudicus Immodest Spur-throat Grasshopper checklist_number: 45.0	Melanoplus is our largest genus of Orthopterans, with over 350 species occurring in North America (Cigliano et al., 2017). 38 species have been recorded in North Carolina.	A medium-sized, brownish-yellow, long-winged grasshopper. The upper parts are grayish- to reddish-brown; the lower parts, including most of the abdomen, are yellowish-brown to fawn brown. The post-ocu...	Rehn and Hebard (1916) found it in association with woodlands dominated by pines and dry oaks, including Blackjack. Blatchley (1920) describes its habitat as grassy areas within dry, open woodlands, i...	Apparently not recorded...	Best found by flushing it by walking through its habitat...	Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands	G4G5 [S2S3]	This species is generally considered sparsely distributed (Rehn and Hebard, 1916; Blatchley, 1920). Prior to 2023, only a few historic records existed for North Carolina. In addition to the one curren...
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Melanoplus propinquus Southern Red-legged Melanoplus checklist_number: 56.0	Melanoplus is our largest genus of Orthopterans, with over 350 species occurring in North America (Cigliano et al., 2017). 38 species have been recorded in North Carolina. Along with M. sanguinipes and femurrubrum, M. propinquus belongs to the Sanguinipes Species Group (Cigliano et al., 2017).	Grayish-brown with a red hind-tibia; the underside of hind femur is also shaded with red. Similar in overall appearance to M. sanguinipes and femurrubrum, although duller and less yellowish than the l...	Natural habitats include pine scrub-oak sandhills but they also occur in croplands and old fields (Capinera et al., 2004). Our records come primarily from a wide range of natural herb-dominated habita...	This species feeds primarily on broad-leaved forbs...	...		G5 S3S4	...
Atlanticus monticola Least Shieldback checklist_number: 249.0		...	...	...	...	GRN SNR [SHS3]		...
Atlanticus pachymerus Southern Protean Shieldback checklist_number: 250.0		Average body length: 24.4 mm, NC males (n=4); 24.0, NC females (n=7) (Rehn and Hebard, 1916b). Length of pronotum: 9.1, NC males; 10.1, NC females. Length of hind femur: 20.6, NC males; 22.8, NC femal...	This species is commonly seen on the forest floor of oak-hickory forests but can also be found in the Coastal Plain in mixed pine and oak habitats....	Members of this genus are predatory on other insects and will also scavenge on dead insects....	Easily flushed either day or night. The songs are fairly high pitched and difficult to hear unless close by the singer....		GNR SNR [S4S5]	...
Atlanticus americanus American Shieldback checklist_number: 247.0		The general color is yellowish brown to dark reddish brown, usually with a dusting of dark speckles producing a pepper and salt appearance (Blatchely, 1920; Rehn and Hebard, 1916b). Although the later...	...	...	...		GNR SNR [S2S4]	...
Pardalophora phoenicoptera Orange-Winged Grasshopper checklist_number: 84.0	One of five species currently considered valid for this genus (Cigliano et al., accessed May, 2025). Two have been recorded in North Carolina, with phoenicoptera being the most common and widepread.	A medium-large, band-winged locust. Eyes are sharply bicolored; pale above and black below. The color of the head and body is variable, ranging from dark green, to reddish-brown, to tan, to clay-color...	The majority of our records come from dry, open, Longleaf-dominated sand ridges. We also have records from a number of other types of barrens, all with dry openings. Additionally, it can occur in othe...	Primarily herbivorous on grasses and forbs...	Can be flushed by walking through its habitat, although females apparently rely more on their camouflage and stick closer to the ground....	None	G5 SNR [S4S5]	This species is widely distributed in North Carolina and can occur in a range of open to semi-open habitats. Consequently, it does not currently have a high priority for conservation in our state....