Orthoptera of North Carolina
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Scudderia furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 - Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid


Scudderia furcata
Male
Scudderia furcata
Taxonomy
Family: Tettigoniidae Subfamily: Phaneropterinae Tribe: Scudderiini
Comments: 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
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images,  iNaturalist, GBIFSINA 063a.htm                                                                                  
Comments: 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).
Structural photos
Distribution in North Carolina
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Adult Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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See also Habitat Account for General Successional Fields and Forblands
Status in North Carolina
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Image Gallery for Scudderia furcata - Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid

Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Rowan Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Rowan Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin
Buncombe Co.
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Recorded by: Steve Hall, Dee Stuckey, and Savannah Hall
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Mitchell Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Mitchell Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Basinger
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall, Bo Sullivan, and Jim Petranka
Moore Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall, Bo Sullivan, and Jim Petranka
Moore Co.
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Recorded by: R. Newman
Carteret Co.
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Recorded by: Simpson Eason
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan
Moore Co.
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Recorded by: Michael P. Morales
Cumberland Co.
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Recorded by: Michael P. Morales
Cumberland Co.
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Recorded by: Michael P. Morales
Cumberland Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: B. Fleming; R. Newman
Carteret Co.
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Recorded by: Owen McConnell
Granville Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Jennifer Smith, Michael P. Morales, Rusty James & Jacob Brown
Cumberland Co.
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Recorded by: Jennifer Smith, Michael P. Morales, Rusty James & Jacob Brown
Cumberland Co.
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Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan
Craven Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Steve Hall
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: Mark Shields
Onslow Co.
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Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan
Ashe Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
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Recorded by: Tracy S. Feldman
Scotland Co.
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Recorded by: Tracy S. Feldman
Scotland Co.
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Recorded by: Stephen Hall
Orange Co.
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Recorded by: M. Haynes
Stokes Co.
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Recorded by: Newman, Randy
Carteret Co.
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