Orthoptera of North Carolina

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View	Tettigoniidae Members:	NC Records
Scudderia septentrionalis (Serville, 1838) - Northern 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 065a.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). Males of this species lack the fork-like process of the supra-anal plate (see Structural Photos).

Structural photos

Singing Behavior: Songs consist of series of faint but sharp tick notes, with longer, buzzy trills interspersed.

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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 Montane Mesic Forests

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status: W3

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G3? S2S3

State Protection:

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	Recorded by: Mark Basinger and Jim Petranka Mitchell Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger and Jim Petranka Mitchell Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin Madison Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Watauga Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Owen McConnell Graham Co. Comment:

Scudderia septentrionalis (Serville, 1838) - Northern Bush Katydid

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