Orthoptera of North Carolina

Family (Alpha):

View	Gryllidae Members:	NC Records
Oecanthus niveus (De Geer, 1773) - Narrow-Winged Tree Cricket

Female

Taxonomy

Family: Gryllidae	Subfamily: Oecanthinae	Tribe: Oecanthini	Synonym: Oecanthus angustipennis
Comments: One of eighteen species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (SINA, 2018), eight of which have been recorded in North Carolina

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Photographs: BugGuide	SINA 584a.htm
Singing Behavior: Songs consist of broken trills. At 77 F (25 C), the pulse rate is 71 pulses per sec and the dominant frequency at 3.0 kHz
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Distribution in North Carolina


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Flight 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: GNR S5

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	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Iredell Co. Comment: Flushed from vegetation within a stand of dry hardwoods located on a ridge-top	Recorded by: Steve Hall Wake Co. Comment: Singing from Wisteria about 5' off the ground; pulse rate of 45 pulses per second at 71 F (22 C) (18:55); trills were regularly interrupted, with each trill lasting an average of 6 seconds and gaps between trills lasting about 1 sec.
	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Orange Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Orange Co. Comment: Courtship feeding
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Orange Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall and Ed Corey Bladen Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Stephen Hall and Ed Corey Bladen Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Orange Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Orange Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment:	Recorded by: K. Bischof Beaufort Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Ed Corey, Floyd Williams, Signa Williams Camden Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Billy Hartness Moore Co. Comment:

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