Orthoptera of North Carolina

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Orchelimum agile (De Geer, 1773) - Agile Meadow Katydid

Female

Taxonomy

Family: Tettigoniidae	Subfamily: Conocephalinae	Tribe: Conocephalini
Comments: 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

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:

Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, iNaturalist, GBIF

SINA 252a.htm

Comments: The face is usually pale cream to ivory; the eyes may also be white. The dorsal side of the pronotum and wings are usually tan or whitish-brown, but the wings can be green in some individuals. The sides of the thorax and abdomen are green but the tip of the abdomen and cerci of the males are usually a bright yellow. The cerci of females are also yellow but the abdomen is generally green.

Total Length [body plus wings; excludes ovipositor]: Body length is 21.5-22.5 mm (Blatchley, 1920)

Forewing Length: The tegmina 23.5-24.5 mm, males; 25-25.7 mm, females (Blatchley, 1920). The tips of the tegmina extend beyond the hind femurs by 3 mm.

Structural Features: The cerci of the males are distinctly flattened with the medial tooth projecting at a right angle from the shaft (Blatchley, 1920). The ovipositor is deeper at the base than at any other point.

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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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Associated with open herbaceous areas, usually that are fairly wet, including marsh edges (Blatchley, 1920).

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See also Habitat Account for General Open, Wet Herblands

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: [GNR] [S4S5]

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	Recorded by: Mark Basinger and Donald Zepp Johnston Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Lenoir Co. Comment:
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	Recorded by: Mark Shields Pender Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Tracy S. Feldman Scotland Co. Comment:
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	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Orange Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Steve Hall Orange Co. Comment: 27 second interval, showing larger pattern; bright yellow represents the song
	Recorded by: Steve Hall Orange Co. Comment: 7 second interval, showing details of the pattern	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Franklin Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: E. Corey Wake Co. Comment:	Recorded by: E. Corey Wake Co. Comment: FALA - Swept up near lake at YORK, male, stridulating near water
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