Family (Alpha): ACRIDIDAE GRYLLACRIDIDAE GRYLLIDAE GRYLLOTALPIDAE RHAPHIDOPHORIDAE ROMALEIDAE TETRIGIDAE TETTIGONIIDAE TRIDACTYLIDAE
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Neocurtilla hexadactyla Neoscapteriscus borellii Neoscapteriscus vicinus NC Records
Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty, 1832) - Northern Mole Cricket
Taxonomy
Family: Gryllotalpidae
Subfamily: Gryllotalpinae
Tribe: NeocurtilliniSynonym: Gryllotalpa hexadactyla
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: BugGuide , Google Images , GBIF SINA 351a.htm
Structural photos
Moore County, 2020-09-10, Steve Hall
Singing Behavior: Songs consist of very low-pitched croaking chirps.Recording playback at normal speed.
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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)
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Apart from observations of dispersing individuals seen at lights, our records come almost entirely from low, wet areas, including lake and river shorelines, Longleaf Pine Savannas and Sandhill Seeps, and from wet old fields. Most of these represent open, herbaceous habitats but we also have a few from seepage areas under closed canopy forests (usually close to an edge).
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Status in North Carolina
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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S4S5
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Columbus Co. Comment: Recorded by: Ken Kneidel New Hanover Co. Comment: Recorded by: Jim Petranka Clay Co. Comment: Recorded by: John Petranka, Jim Petranka, Sally Gewalt, Becky Elkin Dare Co. Comment: Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Recorded by: John Petranka Alleghany Co. Comment: Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan Scotland Co. Comment: Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Scotland Co. Comment: Recorded by: Stephen Hall and Bo Sullivan Moore Co. Comment: Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Columbus Co. Comment: Recorded by: Z. Hull Gaston Co. Comment: Recorded by: David L. Heavner Buncombe Co. Comment: Recorded by: David L. Heavner Buncombe Co. Comment: Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Stanly Co. Comment: found dead on trail Recorded by: Steve Hall Orange Co. Comment: Calling from a low area in a grassy field; 88 degrees F (= 31 C) Recorded by: Stephen Hall Orange Co. Comment: Came to a sheet set up on a dry knoll for moth sampling; flew several times up onto the sheet Recorded by: Steve Hall Orange Co. Comment: Heard singing in an old field on low ground Recorded by: j.wyche Gates Co. Comment: Recorded by: SBW, FKW Camden Co. Comment: DISW - Canal Rd.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Columbus Co. 2022-10-09 wet marsh area with no open water 2
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka Clay Co. 2022-08-25 Individual was calling for near the edge of a lake with sandy beach. 3
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Recorded by: John Petranka, Jim Petranka, Sally Gewalt, Becky Elkin Dare Co. 2021-12-04 Time 12:45 PM. Air temperature ca. 68-70 F after a cool (high 40's to mid-50's F) night. Singing at a very slow rate due to the cold. 4
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. 2021-10-05 3:01 pm, 82 F 5
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Recorded by: John Petranka Alleghany Co. 2021-08-10 6
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Scotland Co. 2020-09-24 76 F, dominant frequency 1.8 Hz, 3 chirps per second, along the periphery of Scotland Lake 7
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Columbus Co. 2019-12-10 Two (about 20 m apart) calling from the muddy shore of Lake Waccamaw just a foot from the water's edge. Roughly 65F, 5 pm. I believe I could see one cricket plowing in the mud surface through binoculars.