Orthoptera of North Carolina

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View	Gryllidae Members:	NC Records
Neoxabea bipunctata (De Geer, 1773) - Two-Spotted Tree Cricket

Female

Nymph

Taxonomy

Family: Gryllidae

Subfamily: Oecanthinae

Tribe: Xabeini

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, iNaturalist, GBIF	SINA 601a.htm
Singing Behavior: Songs consist of low pitched, very fast trills that are broken at irregular intervals. The pulse rate at 80 F is 121 based on a regression line calculated by Walker (1962) and the dominant frequency is around 3.4 kHz.
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Distribution in North Carolina


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Adult Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

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	Recorded by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Wilson Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Wilson Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Wilson Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik Orange Co. Comment:	Recorded by: David George Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George Orange Co. Comment:	Recorded by: John Petranka Alleghany Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin Madison Co. Comment:	Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: Male; probabley teneral
	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: Recorded at 21:35, ~70 F. 80 pulses/sec.	Recorded by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: Nymph
	Recorded by: B. Bockhahn Stokes Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Ashe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment:

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