Orthoptera of North Carolina

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View	Acrididae Members:	NC Records
Spharagemon cristatum Scudder, 1875 - Ridgeback Sand Locust

Taxonomy

Family: Acrididae

Subfamily: Oedopodinae

Tribe: Trimerotropini

Identification

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Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, iNaturalist, GBIF

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

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Status in North Carolina

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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 [S3S4]

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	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Bladen Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Bladen Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger, Jim Petranka, and Becky Elkin Richmond Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger, Jim Petranka, and Becky Elkin Richmond Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George Patrick Coin David Cheng Richmond Co. Comment:	Recorded by: David George Patrick Coin David Cheng Richmond Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Bladen Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Bladen Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Bladen Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Bladen Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Bladen Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Bladen Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Bladen Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Bladen Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Bladen Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Tracy S. Feldman Scotland Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Shields, Hunter Phillips Scotland Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Shields, Hunter Phillips Onslow Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Shields Brunswick Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Stephen Hall, John Amoroso, and Ed Corey Bladen Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: FKW, SBW Gates Co. Comment:	Recorded by: FKW, SBW Gates Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: FKW, SBW Gates Co. Comment:

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