Orthoptera of North Carolina

Family (Alpha):

View	Tettigoniidae Members:	NC Records
Scudderia furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 - Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid

Male

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, GBIF

SINA 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) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

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See also Habitat Account for General Successional Fields and Forblands

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S5

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Comments:

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

Scudderia furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 - Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid

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