Orthoptera of North Carolina

Family (Alpha):

Sole representative of Gryllacrididae in NC

NC Records
Camptonotus carolinensis (Gerstaecker, 1860) - Carolina Leaf-roller

Taxonomy

Family: Gryllacrididae	Subfamily: Gryllacridinae	Tribe:
Comments: One of six species of this New World genus and the only one that occurs in North America north of Mexico (Cigliano et al., accessed 2024-07)
Species Status: Members of this family resemble camel crickets in their absence of wings and yellowish-brown color. However, they belong to a separate superfamily, the Stenopelmatoidea, rather than the Rhaphidophoroidea of the Camel Crickets (Cigliano et al., accessed 2024-07).

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Capinera et al. (2004)	Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, iNaturalist, GBIF	Technical Description, Adults/Nymphs: Blatchley (1920)
Comments: This is a wingless, subcylindrical, arboreal cricket with very long antennae. The color is tan to reddish-brown.
Total Length [body plus wings; excludes ovipositor]: 13-14mm, males; 12-15mm, females (Blatchley, 1920)
Structural Features: The head is larger than in Camel Crickets and the eyes are elliptical rather than rounded. The ovipositor is upcurved rather than straight. The tarsi are dorso-ventrally compressed and lobed beneath rather than laterally compressed and unlobed (Blatchley, 1920)
Singing Behavior: Lacks stridulatory structures and has no ears

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: This species constructs nests by rolling together leaves of various shrubs and trees. Our records come from dry, mesic, and wet hardwood forests, as well as from semi-wooded residential areas.

Diet: This species has been observed feeding on aphids and may not feed on the plants in which it constructs its leaf-roll shelters (Blatchley, 1920).

Observation Methods: This species is not often seen due the fact that is active at night, arboreal, and does not sing. Its leaf nest can be found by careful and extensive searching and it can also be observed at moth sheets and at bait.

Abundance/Frequency:

Adult Phenology: One brood per year

See also Habitat Account for General Hardwood Forests

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR S4S5

State Protection:

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Camptonotus carolinensis (Gerstaecker, 1860) - Carolina Leaf-roller

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