Orthoptera of North Carolina

Family (Alpha):

View	Acrididae Members:	NC Records
Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas, 1865) - Differential Locust

Taxonomy

Family: Acrididae	Subfamily: Melanoplinae	Tribe: Melanoplini
Comments: Melanoplus is our largest genus of Orthopterans, with over 350 species occurring in North America (Cigliano et al., 2017). 38 species have been recorded in North Carolina.

Identification

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Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, GBIF

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

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Status in North Carolina

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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 [S5]

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	Recorded by: Michael P. Morales Beaufort Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Michael P. Morales Sampson Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Vin Stanton Buncombe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: John Petranka Durham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: John Petranka Durham Co. Comment:	Recorded by: F. Williams, S. Williams Gates Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Vin Stanton Buncombe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: V. Jones Iredell Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Karyn Cook Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: K. Bischof Burke Co. Comment:	Recorded by: J.B. Sullivan Jones Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: G. Schneider Iredell Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Shields Duplin Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Shields Bladen Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Tracy S. Feldman Scotland Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Alleghany Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Jason Brown Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Tracy S. Feldman Scotland Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Tracy S. Feldman Scotland Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: K. Bischof Surry Co. Comment:	Recorded by: J. Anderson Stokes Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: H.Smith, M.Windsor Dare Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Newman, Randy Carteret Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Brunswick Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment:

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